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RESCHEDULED: East Texas Fire and Nature Festival

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