NPAT Annual Meeting and Open House
Join NPAT for our annual gathering to visit with staff and our members to learn what we’ve accomplished this past year as well as our plans for the coming year. Food and refreshments will be provided.
People for Prairies
A unique forum featuring five expert speakers from diverse fields to explore how nature and urban development can coexist in North Texas. The evening also benefits NPAT’s North Texas Outreach and Stewardship Program, led by Dr. Carly Aulicky.
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Watch this space!
We’ve got a Fall Prairie Seekers planned for Saturday, September 26 at the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge. We’ll post registration information and details soon. The Prairie Seekers Toolbox is a five-part educational series designed to build identification skills and ecological knowledge of prairies. Each event can be attended Read more…
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Prairie Seekers Photos – May 14, 2022
We had a great day of Prairie Seekers training at Leo Ranch on Saturday. The heat didn’t even phase these prairie ramblers!
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The Ebel family in northeast Texas won the TPWD Lone Star Land Steward award!
2022 Blackland Prairie Lone Star Land Steward “Over 99% of Texas’ tallgrass prairies have disappeared. But thanks to the efforts of one family, a piece of the prairie is being preserved forever. Karl and Kelli Ebel, along with their two sons, are restoring native grasslands that had been severely overgrazed Read more…
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Caddo National Grasslands Hike
Fort Worth chapter of NPAT hosted a prairie walk on the Caddo National Grassland in NE Texas near Ladonia yesterday. We just missed yellow wild indigo blooming but saw it’s large seed heads. A tiny butterfly uses ONLY this plant to live. They also stay in one place so if Read more…
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Visit to 4K River Ranch west of Mineral Wells – June 4
Our hosts, Kim and Kent Olson, have spent the past ten years transforming a worn-out 83-acre peanut farm into beautiful gardens for wildlife, an organic orchard and a maturing prairie restoration. 100% of their water is captured rainfall and a solar array provides more than half the power for their Read more…
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Native Plant Herbal Workshop
Saturday, July 16 from 11am – 2pmREGISTER This workshop will be held at Russell Farm in Burleson on Saturday, July 16 from 11 am – 2pm. Herbalist Christina Moon, will teach us how to incorporate herbs into your daily life. Christina will share this knowledge, some easy herbal collections, balms, Read more…
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Caddo National Grasslands Blackland Prairie Tour
Saturday, May 28 from 9am – 1pmRegister Join us for this hike to explore some Blackland Prairie flora at the Caddo National Grasslands east of Bonham. Located in Fannin Co., the grasslands encompass 17,873 acres. We will travel to the Ladonia unit. Jeff Quayle & Mary Curry are co-leading this Read more…
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Oakmont Park Hike – Fort Worth Prairie Hills
Explore the pocket prairie atop hidden hills overlooking the river at Oakmont Park. Join us for a hike to explore a unique hilltop example of the Fort Worth Prairie at Oakmont Park, overlooking the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, just north of the Lake Benbrook spillway. Meet at the Read more…