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New article by Lisa Gray on prairie rescue effort in Deer Park, TX. Great look at the passion and dedication of Texas Master Naturalists, Houston Audubon volunteers, and others!

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The Houston Chronicle just published a front page article on the wonderful Nash Prairie.

Click here to read the article and very well done accompanying video.

Congratulations to Susan and Peter Conaty and the good folks at the Nature Conservancy of Texas!

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…

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,…

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The Houston Chronicle just ran a great new article about value of prairie potholes which features Dr. John Jacob - our local prairie wetlands expert. The article is based on soon to be released research inot the value and function of prairie potholes by Texas A&M University. Well worth a read.

-Jaime

The Land Trust Alliance is a powerful national player in conserving land. Their magazine, Saving Land, recently featured Carolyn Fannon's work and a short write up about the coastal prairie in its Land We Love series. Congratulations Carolyn!

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Several of us walked around Brazos Bend State Park on Saturday, January 29th. Much to our delight we heard Cajun chorus frogs singing wildly from a prairie pothole.

Photo by USGS, National Wetlands Research Center

These little frogs usually call on the cusp on…

Native Grasses Take Root (Again) in Texas

by Kate Galbraith, The Texas Tribune

January 28, 2011

Bill Neiman got into the landscaping business in 1973 at age 19, determined to create beautiful gardens for his high-end, suburban clients. Seven years later a terrible drought struck, followed by a deep freeze that wiped out his North Texas…

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Very happy news to pass on this morning! I just received word from Peter and Susan Conaty that as of last night the Nature Conservancy of Texas officially took over the Nash Prairie - Protecting this irreplaceable gem for generations to come.

Congratulations to the Nature Conservancy of Texas for acquiring this property and endless thanks to Peter and Susan Conaty for their tireless efforts in saving the Nash Prairie for future…

On Wednesday Decemer 8th, 20 volunteers packed 2,000+ seed packets in Houston! These packets will be distributed to local schools, garden clubs, scouts, and private individuals as part of Katy Prairie Conservancy's Great Grow Out citizen-conservation program. This program generated over 2,500 plants for KPC in 2010. Houston Audubon, who provided seeds for party, will also receive hundreds of seed packets for their use and some seeds will also be distributed to volunteer seed growers in…