It was a perfect day for seed collecting by the hardy NPAT volunteers that showed up near New Boston, Texas for a work day in late October. The temperature was cool and the sky was overcast. By the time we were finished, it was very humid in northeast Texas. An Read more…
Double Your Impact with a $1-to-$1 Match Donate today! The Dixon Water Foundation has made this generous challenge possible so you can double the impact of your gift to fund the new North Texas Outreach & Stewardship Program! Don’t miss your opportunity to create transformational change for the Native Prairies Association of Texas in this rapidly Read more…
Donate at our North Texas Giving Day page. Prairie is the natural landscape of North Texas. Of the 20 million acres of tallgrass prairie that once existed in Texas, less than 1% remains, making it one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America. Due to rapid urbanization there is an Read more…
Prairie Seekers is a citizen scientist program training volunteers to assess & map prairies for possible conservation. Fort Worth NPAT is offering a two-part Prairie Seekers training in September 2020. Prairie Seekers is a methodology and tool set used to quantitatively assess the condition of prairies, remnant prairies, and potential Read more…
Monday, August 10, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom What’s Been Flowering on the Fort Worth Prairie? Presenter: Suzanne Tuttle, Retired Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Manager & chapter board member. The Fort Worth Prairie ecosystem hosts a wonderful diversity of flowering plants. Since March Fort Worth chapter member and plant Read more…
Monday, August 10, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom What’s Been Flowering on the Fort Worth Prairie? Presenter: Suzanne Tuttle, Retired Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Manager & chapter board member. Register for the meeting. The Fort Worth Prairie ecosystem hosts a wonderful diversity of flowering plants. Since March Fort Read more…
North Texas Outreach & Stewardship Program THANK YOU! Many generous folks donated during North Texas Giving Day to help us raise funds to kickstart our North Texas Outreach & Stewardship Program. We raised almost $3,000 to apply towards a match. Since then, individual donors have contributed another $1,170 towards this Read more…
Save the date! Prairies & Wine Day Trip Bus Tour Saturday, June 20, 2020 Purchase your tickets here. Escape the city heat for a day as you ride a luxury bus through the prairies of Wise, Cooke & Montague Counties known as the North Texas Hill Country. Our prairie experts Read more…
PRAIRIE SOCIAL CLUB MEET-UP Monday, February 10, 2020 from 6:30pm – 8pm Marine Creek Land Scholars present Native Seedball Germination Study Marine Creek Land Scholars is a joint venture between Tarrant County College – Northwest Campus & Marine Creek Collegiate High School. Working with TCC professors & MCCHS teachers, these Read more…
Interested in volunteering at Chisholm Trail Park in south Fort Worth? Chisholm Trail Park Docent Training will be Saturday February 29th, 8AM-1PM at Chisholm Trail Community Center. Training includes Fort Worth Prairie history, ecosystems within the park: prairie, riparian, aquatic, & iNaturalist. Please RSVP no later than February 15th. Please RSVP to Alexis Chernosky at [email protected]