Night Hikes, Canoe Trips And Fishing Among Summer Programs At Big Thicket National Preserve
Visitors can explore Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas this summer with a variety of free ranger-led programs for all ages and abilities.
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National Parks Quiz And Trivia #86: The Plants Edition
There are so many things making up the story of a unit within the National Park System, including plants, animals, and historic buildings. This month’s National Parks Quiz And Trivia edition focuses on some of the vegetation you might see during a national park visit.
- By Rebecca Latson - May 10th, 2025 3:00am
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #83
“Knowledge is power,” so the saying goes. Just how knowledgeable are you about the units of the National Park System? You may know more than you realize, and you can put your knowledge to the test with this latest quiz and trivia piece.
- By Rebecca Latson - February 8th, 2025 3:00am
Big Thicket National Preserve Seeks Your Help In Planting Trees And Grasses
Big Thicket National Preserve invites you to participate in the park's winter planting events. Volunteers can join park staff and partners to plant longleaf pine trees and native grasses in January and February in the preserve’s Big Sandy Creek Unit.
- By justin.housman - January 7th, 2025 2:20am
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #82
Happy New Year! It’s time to hone your national parks knowledge with this first quiz and trivia piece of 2025. You may know more than you realize. And if you want to learn more, check out the many National Park Service Instagram accounts, from which came most of the material for these questions and trivia.
- By Rebecca Latson - February 6th, 2025 5:37am
Move To Downlist Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Called Premature
A decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to downlist the red-cockaded woodpecker from being endangered to threatened has been criticized as being premature and ignorant of climate-change threats to the species.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - January 10th, 2025 6:26pm
Big Thicket And Big Cypress National Preserves Celebrate 50 Years
America's first two national preserves, Big Thicket and Big Cypress, turn 50 years old this week.
- By justin.housman - October 8th, 2024 2:30am
Big Thicket To Host Three Volunteer Planting Events This Winter
Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas has three planting events this winter that you can help make a success. Volunteers can join park staff and partners to plant native grasses in December, January, and February in the Big Sandy Creek Unit.
- By Compiled From N... - November 30th, 2023 2:45am
Catch The Annular Eclipse At Big Thicket National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas is one of the National Park System units in the path of the annular solar eclipse next month and park staff are offering solar-filtered telescopes and eclipse glasses for safe viewing, ranger programs, and a sneak peek at the preserve's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2024.
- By Compiled From N... - September 28th, 2023 2:30am
Big Thicket National Preserve Plugging Two Orphaned Oil Wells
Work is underway in Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas to plug two orphaned oil wells, work that was made possible with $550,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
- By Compiled From N... - July 25th, 2023 2:30am
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