Saturday, August 12 at 8pmBroadcast Hill Open SpaceMothing with Texas Park & Wildlife Department’s Urban Biologist – Sam Kieschnick This event is co-hosted by Fort Worth chapter of NPAT and Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area. Come and learn all about moths! Although they may not be as famous as Read more…
Join the Blackland Chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas on Saturday, June 24th, as we explore the prairies on John Wilt’s property in Ennis, TX! John Wilt acquired 108 acres of land around 2016, consisting of upland prairie and bottomland woods. The plan was to restore the land Read more…
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…