An innovative archaeological dig has revealed the park's original wet prairie, buried by years of farming and development.
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Out with the new, in with the old: prairie restoration at Sheldon Lake
A fierce battle is under way to vanquish invasive grasses and restore the prairie's native landscape.
Read More »Booming Prairie Chickens at the Attwater Refuge
An early morning visit to the breeding grounds of the endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken.
Read More »Jupiter and its moons at McDonald Observatory
On a visit to the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, I gazed at Jupiter and the Orion Nebula and traveled in the footsteps of Galileo.
Read More »Big Bend Ranch: West Rim Overlook Trail
The Fresno Rim trail offers a taste of a solitary desert hike - without the difficulties of most of Big Bend Ranch's more primitive routes.
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Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
The terrain varies from flowering prairie at Doeskin Ranch to rocky trails through the juniper at Warbler Vista.
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Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
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Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Sanctuaries
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Boy Scout Woods Bird Sanctuary
During the spring and fall migrations hundreds of birders flock to this small patch of forest on High Island.
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Smith Oaks & The Rookery
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Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
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Sabine Woods Sanctuary
Trails
Guadalupe Mountains: McKittrick Canyon Trail
The McKittrick Canyon Trail is two trails in one. The first is ...
Read More »Big Bend: Ernst Tinaja Trail
The Ernst Tinaja Trail follows a dry wash past colorful, uplifted limestone walls to a deep, dark pool carved in the canyon floor.
Read More »Big Bend: Burro Mesa Pour-off Trail
The darker rhyolite and yellow breccia layers from the bluff at the ...
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