Plant Longleaf Pines at Big Thicket National Preserve Dec 11
Sat, Dec 11
|Big Thicket National Preserve
Help reforest Big Thicket National Preserve to provide future habitat for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Time & Location
Dec 11, 2021, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Big Thicket National Preserve, FM 420, Kountze, TX 77625, USA
Guests
About the Event
Plant longleaf pines with the National Park Service in Big Thicket National Preserve. We’ll enjoy a day in the woods and plant longleaf pine saplings to restore forest for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and other wildlife. Our work will also mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration. Scientific American stated, “The most important technology to fight climate change isn’t a technology at all; it’s reforestation.”
TCA helped establish Big Thicket National Preserve, America’s first National Preserve in 1974 which now protects 113,000 acres of wilderness. The Big Thicket is one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world, home to more than 200 tree species, carnivorous plants, 47 mammal species, 300 species of birds, and many reptiles and amphibians.
A BIG thank you to the following organizations!
- Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve
- Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust
- Big Thicket Association
- National Parks Conservation Association
- National Park Service