Events
Prairie Workdays in Greater Houston Area
WEEKLY
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
MONTHLY
- 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
Blog Posts
Bill Neiman discusses restoration at San Jacinto - just great!
Posted by Coastal Prairie Partnership on January 4, 2012 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Prairie Hunters Article by Houston Chronicle's Lisa Gray
Posted by Coastal Prairie Partnership on November 24, 2011 at 8:16am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Groups
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.
Photos
First Saturdays, Proj. Blazing Star
by Janny Phung Added December 17, 2011 at 1:08pm
Plant Materials Group
by Coastal Prairie Partnership Added December 6, 2011 at 10:03am
Pauline Singleton's Prairie Photos
by Pauline Singleton Added November 9, 2011 at 7:13pm
Prairie Remnant Nov 4
by Carolyn Fannon Added November 5, 2011 at 10:47pm
Music
Lan Shen's Page
Profile Information
- Are you a member of a conservation or education organization (if so, please provide)?
- Yes: Texas Master Naturalists & Native Plant Society of Texas - Houston
- Do you have any special skills in prairie conservation or education
- Interest in plant propagation
- What would you like to get out of being a member of the partnership?
- Learning and helping restore prairies. Making connections with people also interested in prairies.
Lan Shen's Photos
Lan Shen's Videos
Lan Shen's Blog
What's Not Dying But Blooming on Rainfall Alone During This Historic Drought?
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:59am 0 Comments 1 Like
The Coastal Prairie: The Vanishing Land of Our Ancestors
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 12:04am 1 Comment 1 Like
I volunteer at the Museum of Natural Science and wrote this script for me to work off of at the Touch Cart for the Texas exhibit. Only parts are used at any time. The information is nothing new to people at this site, but I just thought I'd share.
The Coastal Prairie
The Vanishing Land of Our Ancestors
To visualize what life was like for the early Native Americans or early settlers here…
Continue Texas Grasses & other plants ID/info Website
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 9:23am 0 Comments 3 Likes
Just an FYI for those interested in ID'ing grasses, I just found this grass key website:
The main page is at http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/taes/tracy/610/index.html.
There,…
Continue Blazing Star Workday Report: August 27, 2010 by Sandy Wilson
Posted on August 31, 2010 at 8:37am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Gold (i.e. Biodiversity) Beneath the Dewberries & Roses
Posted on April 23, 2010 at 8:14am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Sandy Wilson, Jane Reierson, and I were rescuing plants at the Beltway 8 & Zavalla site on Thursday (4/22/2020) for Friday's Blazingstar Workday. Under what feels to the ankle like a field of…
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