Where
Texas City Prairie Preserve Texas City Prairie Preserve
4702 TX-146
Texas City, TX 77471 Driving Directions
Jaime González
The Nature Conservancy in Texas
281-660-6683
prairiepartner@gmail.com
LEARN PRAIRIE RESTORATION FROM EXPERTS!
A day of presentations and activities focused on practical, on-the-ground restoration of prairies on the upper Texas coast.
TOPICS
- Restoration of farms to prairies
- Prairie waterfowl conservation
- Urban prairie establishment
- Restoration of platinum prairies
- and much more!
FEATURED PRESENTIONS
- Aaron Tjemeland, Restoration Lessons Learned at the Texas City Prairie Preserve, The Nature Conservancy of Texas
- Stephen Pennings, Phd - University of Houston, Opportunities for prairie restoration, research and education at the Texas Institute for Coastal Prairie Research and Education
- Jim Willis, Wildlife Habitat Federation, More Recent, field-tested Techniques for Restoring Native Grasslands
- Kevin Hartke, Ducks Unlimited, Texas Prairies and Wetlands: A Ducks Unlimited Perspective
- Stephen Benigno, PhD, Establishing Native Prairie Vegetation in a Bioswale to Assess Runoff Reduction, Harris County Flood Control District
- Andy Sipocz, Prairie Restoration at the San Jacinto Battleground, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Kelli Ondracek - Houston Parks & Recreation Department
- Keith Pawlek, South Texas Natives's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Project, South Texas Natives