News Release

Big Thicket National Preserve Announces 2021 Summer Programming

Join a park ranger for a canoe trip on a Big Thicket river or creek.

NPS Photo / Jason Ginder

News Release Date: May 31, 2021

Contact: Megan Urban, 409-951-6721

KOUNTZE, Texas – The staff at Big Thicket National Preserve are excited to announce the start of ranger-led programs and would like to invite you to explore your local national preserve. “After a year of not being able to provide our popular ranger-led programs, like the paddle programs, we are looking forward to sharing the beauty of the Big Thicket with visitors,” states Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz.

Park rangers will offer a variety of free programs, from canoe trips on Village Creek to full moon hikes and shorter Saturday morning walks on our trails. To keep everyone safe, pre-registration will be required for all programs and the group size will be limited to 10 people. Information on all of the public programs is available on our calendar of events and Facebook @BigThicketNPS.

Big Thicket National Preserve is located in southeast Texas, near the city of Beaumont and 75 miles northeast of Houston. The preserve consists of nine land units and six water corridors encompassing more than 113,000 acres. The Big Thicket, often referred to as a “biological crossroads,” is a transition zone between four distinct vegetation types – the moist eastern hardwood forest, the southwestern desert, the southeastern swamp, and the central prairies. Species from all of these different vegetation types come together in the thicket, exhibiting a variety of vegetation and wildlife that has received national interest.

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