2019 Meetings/Events
Meetings are held on the Fourth WEDNESDAYS: Except November & December and are open to the public
Our meetings will usually be held at the Houston Red Cross Building at 2700 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX .
Please join us at 6:30 pm for refreshments & presentation at 7:00 pm
January 23, 2019
Seed Cleaning Party Sponsored by Katy Prairie Conservancy:
We will be cleaning seeds collected this fall and putting them in packets to be distributed to people willing to grow them out for KPC’s Great Growout Program. Come and see what these native seeds look like, how to clean them, and take some home. Learn about prairie plants and seeds from KPC experts. KPC is providing pizza!
February 27, 2019
Della Barbato, “Inspiring Through Education at Lawther Deer Park Prairie”
NPAT AMBASSADOR, Della joined the NPAT staff in April, 2018 as our Director of Education and is based in the Houston area. (Shell Oil Company bestowed a grant to benefit individuals in their own backyard, the city of Deer Park, TX.) Ms. Barbato teaches levels K-9 (to so many young prairie people!) through her adult programs and teacher workshops in addition to K-12 prairie programs. Della has become the image of NPAT, conservation, prairies, and more to so many prairie people!
Also, board member Hazel Potvin will bring up to-to-date on the progress at the Prairie Demo Garden at Willow Waterhole, which Don Verser has been working on.
March 20, 2019
April 24, 2019
Kirsti Harms, interim executive director for the Native Prairies Association of Texas and Pat Merkord, immediate past executive director, will share information about NPAT successes at Madden Prairie.
Maddin Prairie Preserve features remnant and restored mixed-grass prairie, mesquite savanna, and riparian areas. A tributary of Champion Creek passes through the property and features a diverse riparian area.
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis), and Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) are common grasses.
Maddin Prairie Preserve also provides habitat for the Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), a threatened species in Texas, and Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus). A Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) reintroduction is in progress.
April 27, 2019
Spring Prairie Day at Lawther – Deer Park Prairie!
May 22, 2019
Ben Hutchins from Texas Parks and Wildlife will present on Invertebrate Conservation
June 2 – 6, 2019
June 26, 2019
David Riley, staff biologist with Plateau Land & Wildlife Management, will present on range land ecology.Plateau Land & Wildlife Management has been helping rural landowners protect and enhance their rural land since 1997. Plateau was born out of a law that was passed in 1995 by the Texas Legislature that made it possible for folks with an Ag valuation to maintain their same property tax savings while managing for native habitat and wildlife, instead of livestock, crops, timber or any other open-space management requirements. Plateau stepped up to help hundreds of landowners across Texas make this transition to Wildlife Management Valuation, and along the way, realized that there were many folks who needed more than just a Wildlife Management Plan to get their Wildlife Valuation in place.
July 24, 2019
Laura and Adrian Berg of Crossbone Corns will present on Snakes of Texas. Educating people about the snakes that are indigenous to Texas is a passion at Crossbone Corns. We feel that if people understand the native wildlife, they are more likely to respect it. That respect makes nature safer for the animals and people involved.
Plus, we’ll have a Moth Night event out at Deer Park Prairie!
August 28, 2019
Ben Pfeiffer from Firefly.org will present on the current state of fireflys and how current environmental conditions are impacting their populations.
September 25, 2019
TBD
Fall Prairie Day also happens in September!
October 2019
November 2019
Annual Prairie Stampede!
