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