Best Marshes In Houston Near Me

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We have the unique opportunity to restore and preserve our natural wildlife habitat in Pine Brook. In our neighborhood exists an 8.4 acre natural area including a 3 acre prairie pothole marsh. 1 of 3 remaining and accessible to the public in the city of Houston. (Site #22, Pg 36 of Texas Coastal Wetlands Guidebook by Moulton and Jacob)

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On a chilly April afternoon in 1836, this strip of coastal prairie rang with the boom of cannon, crack of musket fire and shouts of “Remember the Alamo!” and “Remember Goliad!” Despite being outnumbered, General Sam Houston’s army of settlers, Tejanos and foreign volunteers decisively defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna’s forces and won Texas’s independence. Today, the 1,300-acre site, San Jacinto Museum and the 567-foot tall San Jacinto Monument celebrate their sacrifice and victory.


The grounds are open daily except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.


The San Jacinto Battleground is home to more than 200 species of birds, and the best time to see them is first thing in the morning. Every first Saturday of the month, we open two hours early so birders and photographers can enjoy early morning...


On April 22, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto, Captain James Tarleton wrote a letter to his brothers describing the battlefield as “the most beautiful prairie, handsomely variegated with small groves of timber.” However, a lot has changed...

Stop by the San Jacinto Museum for a chance to play with replicas of 19th-century toys, weapons, tools, food, clothing, and much more. Learn all about the battle of San Jacinto and life on the Texas frontier, and imagine yourself in the shoes of...

The significance and shape of the land now known as San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site has evolved over time. Prior to the battle that ended the Texas Revolution, this place was a frontier cattle ranch; in the aftermath, it was a bloody wreck. Between 1899 and the 1930s, the state acquired parcels of land for a historical park. In this...

4worldlovers: Preserve, Restore, and Enhance Memorial Park for the enjoyment of all Houstonians, today and tomorrow

4worldlovers: Accomplishing Our Mission - Houston Wilderness promotes, protects and preserves the 10 ecoregions in multiple counties around Greater Houston through facilitation of large-scale environmental policy initiatives including: 1) the 8-county Gulf-Houston Regional Conservation Plan (RCP), 2) the collaborative Super Trees for Sustainabililty Initiative that incorporates the 25-mile Houston Ship Channel (HSC) TREES Program, the multi-county Riverine Targeted-Use-of-Buyouts (TUBs) Program, and multiple targeted urban forestry projects in EJ communities around Greater Houston, 3) the Regional Native Seed Mix Project, and 4) the Collaborative Grant-Organizing Program. We work with multiple stakeholders on collaborative environmental policy, funding, education and on-the-ground ecosystem services.

Eight-County Gulf-Houston Regional Conservation Plan – Facilitated by Houston Wilderness, the Gulf-Houston Regional Conservation Plan (Gulf-Houston RCP) is a long-term collaborative of environmental, business, and governmental entities working together to implement resilience plan for the Gulf-Houston region. In addition to providing a unique online interactive database of all targeted nature-based infrastructure projects taking place in the region, the three key goals of the eight-county Gulf-Houston RCP include: (1) Increasing the current 15.6% in protected/preserved land in the eight-county region to 24% of land coverage by 2040, (2) Increasing and supporting the region-wide land management efforts to install nature-based stabilization techniques, such as low-impact development, living shorelines, and bioswales, to 50% of land coverage by 2040, and (3) providing research and advocacy for an increase of 0.4% annually in air quality offsets through carbon absorption in native soils, plants, trees, and oyster reefs throughout the eight county region. RCP Two-Pager can be found here.

Collaborative Grant Organizing Program- Houston Wilderness works with multiple stakeholders and federal/state agencies on collaborative grant proposals and funded projects, often in “pioneering” areas of environmental planning and resilience in the Greater Gulf-Houston Region. Since its creation, the CGO Program has brought thousands of additional dollars to over 150 partners in our region and, most recently, has helped establish multi-partner environmental projects/programs in these areas: 1) Monarch-based pollinator habitat, 2) targeted large-scale tree plantings for reduction of air pollution and increase in carbon sequestration and water absorption, 3) establishment of native grass seed mixes for use along riparian corridors and detention basins, and 4) ecosystem services enhancements on public buyout lands.

Super Trees for Sustainability Initiative – Houston Wilderness’ Super Trees for Sustainability Initiative is a multi-year, large-scale native tree planting collaborative that incorporates the 25-mile Houston Ship Channel (HSC) TREES Program and the multi-county Riverine Targeted-Use-of Buyouts (TUBs) Program (see below), as well as other targeted urban forestry projects in communities around the 13+ county region that enhance biodiversity and reduce health risks associated with urban heat, air and water pollution and flooding. HW focuses on planting native Super Trees that it identified in tandem with Rice University and the Houston Health Department. Super Trees are native tree species that provide the highest levels of Ecosystem Services; in particular, carbon absorption and sequestration, air pollution and flood mitigation, erosion control, and urban heat island reduction. The research conducted to identify the Super Trees also involved creating a framework for selecting targeted locations to plant in communities that experience outsized flooding, air pollution and urban heat effects, as well as engaging with partners who are not traditionally involved in reforestation and climate change adaptation work. Effectively, the Super Trees For Sustainability Initiative advances Environmental Justice goals by working in and with communities subject to disproportionate environmental harm. The Super Trees One-Pager can be found here.

Houston Ship Channel Trees & Riparian Enhancement of Ecosystem Services (HSC TREES) Program - A multi-year collaborative project by Houston Wilderness and multiple private/public partners, focused on large-scale tree plantings along the 25 miles of the Houston Ship Channel, targeting native tree species that are ranked in priority based on their respective levels of air pollution absorption (including CO2, GHGs and PM) as well as water absorption and erosion control - called “Super Trees.” The HSC TREES One-Pager can be found here.

Riverine Targeted-Use-of-Buyouts Program - The pioneering Riverine Targeted Use of Buyouts (Riverine TUBs) Program is a region-wide approach to coastal and riparian resilience, erosion and sediment reduction, and hazard mitigation through implementation of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) techniques (also known as nature-based stabilization techniques) at strategically selected buyout properties adjacent to multiple downstream waterways in Greater Houston/Harris County. The Riverine TUBs One-Pager can be found here.