Our Partners

No national park unit operates in isolation. It takes cooperators, private and not-for-profit, local, state, and federal government, providing assistance and support for the many operational and research efforts required to manage a unit of the National Park System. The organizations listed here have been important to the continued operations of the Big Thicket. Visit their websites and read about the work they are doing to conserve and protect environmental systems.

• Big Thicket Association
  Established in 1964, the Big Thicket Association (BTA) was created to advocate for the creation of a national preserve. Today the organization serves as a friends group to the preserve and is an advocate for conservation of key ecological sites in southeast Texas. BTA operates the Field Research Station & Learning Center for use by researchers. With the operation of the Ivory Bill, boat tours of a "floating classroom" for outdoor science and learning are offered while traveling the backwaters of the national preserve.

• Thicket of Diversity

• Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust

• Western National Parks Association

• National Parks Conservation Association

• National Park Foundation

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

• USGS National Wetlands Research Center

• The Conservation Fund

• The Nature Conservancy of Texas

• Texas Longleaf Pine Taskforce

• Texas Conservation Alliance