• Birder on Village Creek Bridge in Turkey Creek Unit

    Big Thicket

    National Preserve Texas

  • *** No Harvest Card - No Grace - No Permit ***

    The deadline for the return of the 2011-12 hunter harvest report cards is April 8, 2012. This year there will be no grace period. In addition, hunters who fail to return their harvest cards by the deadline will not be eligible to hunt in Big Thicket. More »

Join Our Friends

The Big Thicket Association was formed in 1964 to save remnants of the Big Thicket ecosystems that once extended over 3 million acres of east Texas. The efforts of the Association led to the establishment of Big Thicket National Preserve in 1974.

The goals of the Big Thicket Association are as follows:

To work for the preservation of the flora and fauna of the Big Thicket area;

To promote the conservation of the natural resources and natural beauty of the Big Thicket;

To promote and to fund research contributing to knowledge of the Big Thicket;

To publish or support publication of cultural and scientific literature on the Big Thicket;

To support the operation and expansion of Big Thicket National Preserve; and

To manage the Big Thicket National Preserve Field Research Station.

For more information, please contact the association at www.bigthicket.org/, or by mail at Big Thicket Association, P.O. Box 198, Saratoga, TX, 77585.

Did You Know?

Ivory-billed Woodpecker

The ivory-billed woodpecker, once considered extinct, was last seen in the Big Thicket in 1967 near the Neches River.  Recent sightings in Arkansas give a glimmer of hope for its return.