Zoom Meeting The NPAT Fayette Prairie Chapter is delighted to host Matt Machacek, USDA-NRCS, for a presentation on adaptative grazing management for prairies. We are all too familiar with over-grazed grasslands. Our disturbance-based prairies, however, co-evolved with grazing mammals and fire. Grazing is beneficial to prairies if done correctly, and grazing Read more…
Mitch Hagney, Grassroots Carbon, “Prairie Ranching Carbon Credit Opportunities,” October 13, 2022. Read more »
Saturday July 16, 2022 at the Russell Farm in Burleson, TX Native Plant Herbal Workshop$40*Registration is $40. Proceeds from registration support outreach & education for Native Prairies Association of Texas, provide light snacks & materials for the workshop, Russell Farm facility rental.REGISTER This workshop will be held at Russell Farm Read more…
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…
Fort Worth Star-TelegramJune 27, 2022 The Fort Worth City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to expand the future Rock Creek Ranch Park, which is slated to be developed south of Benbrook Lake in southwest Fort Worth. If approved, the city would pay $3 million for roughly 22 acres belonging Read more…
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…
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…
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…
Come join us on Friday April 29 at the Kirchoff Family Farm, 1444 County Rd 210, Floresville, TX, for a workshop on the forage content of native grasses. Light lunch provided. Please register at https://texasprairie.org/forage/ Morning Prairie Walk:Establishing Native GrassesDemonstrations – ForageSampling, Water InfiltrationForage Survey ResultsDetermining Forage Production Light lunch provided Afternoon Presentations:Technical Read more…
Join us on this hike to see some endemic Texas flora at the intersection between Fort Worth Prairie & Western Cross Timbers. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lbj-national-grasslands-hike-fort-worth-prairie-western-cross-timbers-tickets-306185788937 We will explore examples of a Western Cross Timbers Post Oak/Blackjack woodland with scattered prairie openings. The topography is mostly flat, with moderate sandy slopes Read more…