Tyler Nature Center Hosts 2nd Annual East Texas Fire and Nature Festival on April 18
March 18, 2026
Media Contact: TPWD News, Business Hours, 512-389-8030
TYLER — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Tyler Nature Center and partners invite the public to learn about nature, and the importance and benefits of prescribed fire at the 2nd Annual East Texas Fire and Nature Festival on April 18.
The free festival will take place 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday April 18 at the Tyler Nature Center, 11942, FM 848, Tyler, TX, 75704 and demonstrates the multiple benefits of prescribed fire and focuses on increasing public familiarity and understanding of its role in the ecology of the Pineywoods.
The festival will include:
- Live Prescribed Fire Demonstration
- Wildlife Tax Evaluation Workshop
- Fire Tools and Equipment
- Nature Walks
- Birding
- Wildlife and Plant Identification
- Archery
- Wildlife Tracks
- Geocaching
- Kids Bingo
- Photo Booths
- Operation Game Thief Trailer
- Meet a Biologist
- Live Animals
- Meet a Game Warden
- And more…
This event is a collaborative effort between the following organizations: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Texas Longleaf Team, Tall Timbers, Great Plains Fire Science Exchange, The Nature Conversancy, Quail Forever, Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture, Texas Forestry Association, American Bird Conservancy, Smith County Fire Marshal, Smith County Soil & Water Conservation District, Smith County EMS, Texas Grazing Lands Coalition , Native Plant Society of Texas, Lone Star Fly Fishers, Master Naturalist and Master Gardeners.
For more information, contact Mason Conley at mason.conley@tpwd.texas.gov .