RESCHEDULED: East Texas Fire and Nature Festival
Sat, June 07, 2025
This event has been rescheduled for June 7th! Join Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and our partners for a free event all about nature, prescribed fire and how it benefits humans and wildlife alike!
This is the first annual East Texas Fire and Nature Festival!
Join us for a day of nature-based hands-on activities aimed at families, as well as short, guided walks and special speaker presentations. There will be a variety of fire engines and equipment on-site and a live demonstration of prescribed fire. The fire demonstration is weather-dependent. Both the hikes and the presentations will meet at the Nature Center building.
Guided walks will take place on a variety of surface types and will last 20-30 minutes, starting every hour from 10:00 until end of event. Please note there is no hike at noon.
- 10:00am - Birding Basics
- 11:00am - Plants, Animals, and more
- 1:00pm - Prescribed Burn Benefits
- 2:00pm - Tree Identification
Our special speaker presentations will start on the half hour and will last 15-20 minutes inside the Nature Center building.
- 11:30am - Fire Prevention
- 12:30pm - Fuel Model Demonstration
- 1:30pm - Pollinator Conservation Efforts
- 2:30pm - Small Land Restoration
There are also a variety of self-guided activities and demonstrations for you to explore, including but not limited to:
- Touch-A-Dozer
- Engine hose challenge
- Native Seed Balls
- Skins and Skulls
- Make a wildlife track!
- Fire tools of the trade
- Dress like a fire fighter
- Photo booth fun
- Reading fire weather
- Fun with Foam
- Operation Game Thief trailer
- Archery
- Fly fishing