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Tuesday mornings

Sheldon Lake State Park. Contact: Tom Solomon
Texas City Prairie Preserve. Contact: Jim Duron

Friday mornings

Armand Bayou Nature Center. Contact: Tom Solomon

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First Saturdays, usually 8:30am-11:30am: Proj. Blazing Star at Bayou Parklands, Hermann Park. Contact: Jason Frederick
Third Saturdays. Proj. Blazing Star at Whistlestop Pocket Prairie, Hermann Park. Contact: Chris Gray

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Bill Neiman discusses restoration at San Jacinto - just great!

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Featured Publication

The Cajun Prairie
By Malcolm Vidrine, Ph.D.

This new work chronicle's the history and future

ofthe highly imperiled Cajun Prairie of Louisiana. Well worth a read.

Click here to see an overview of this book.

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First Saturdays, Proj. Blazing Star

by Janny Phung Added December 17, 2011 at 1:08pm
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New Coastal Prairie Curriculum Initiative underway - Any thoughts?

Yesterday a talented group of educators met at Armand Bayou Nature Center (Pasadena, TX) to discuss the creation of a Coastal Prairie curriculum and resources initiative. The end goal of this process would be to create resources (including lessons, videos, powerpoints, and educational tubs) for both informal and classroom teachers, Scout leaders, college professors, restorationists, funders, and others wanting to learn more about our prairie.

If you had to teach about the prairie, which subjects would you include so that folks knew about the ecology, history, economics, geology, etc. of the prairie? Please give us some thoughts.

A potential cover for the curriculum

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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Fannon on June 12, 2010 at 5:01pm

Some of the most important topics are grasses and native plants, soil, and insects. Phenology of the prairie would be interesting and exciting and a way to experience the beauty of our Coastal Prairie - to increase the wonder and to understand its value.

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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Fannon on June 13, 2010 at 4:41pm

To teach about the prairie; teach the timing of flowering plants, ripening of grasses, the changing colors throughout the season (camouflage), the inter-relationships of nesting birds with insects, insects to plants, and how the abundance of rainfall (or lack of it) affects the height of the prairie grasses and wildlife living there. Natural events follow a regular and dependable sequence. For example, every year in the first week of April, showy bluestar blooms. Encourage students to keep a journal to record their observations and weather conditions. Then, use those records in constructive and creative ways.