Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve

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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve

A community-based conservation organization created to promote the natural and cultural resources of the Big Thicket of Southeast Texas.

THE BIG THICKET BIOSPHERE RESERVE
The Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve is the region in southeast Texas where the piney woods meet the cypress-tupelo swamps bordering the Gulf of Mexico. It is a sanctuary of ten distinct ecosystems covering roughly five million acres of abundant natural resources and tremendous biological diversity. In 1981, UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Program recognized the Big Thick

et Biosphere Reserve as part of an international network of remarkable places. Today, the Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve is one of 28 national and 700 global Man and Biosphere sites created to promote viable economic development, conserve natural and cultural resources, and reconnect people to the landscape. MAN AND BIOSPHERE
The Man and Biosphere program promotes sustainable use of resources for economic development while working to conserve the unique features of the Big Thicket. The boundaries of the Biosphere Reserve are inexact and defined roughly by the Sabine and Trinity Rivers on the east and west, the Neches and Trinity Rivers to the north, and the Gulf coast on the south. The local program encompasses portions of seven counties: Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Polk, and Tyler with nearly 600,000 residents. The Man and Biosphere program highlights the interconnectivity of people and nature in the Big Thicket as expressed their lives and livelihoods. BIOSPHERE AND COMMUNITIES IN PARTNERSHIP
The pace of change in southeast Texas is growing. What was once a largely rural landscape is today transformed as land-use practices change. The Big Thicket Biosphere seeks to partner with businesses, agriculture, industry, economic development, other nongovernmental agencies, and civic organizations to conserve the benefits of nature and preserve a prosperous future for communities

05/11/2026

Early morning stroll at Beaumont's Cattail Marsh....truly a treasure for the people of SETX

05/05/2026

05/01/2026

Wednesday's FLOWS FloodSmart Southeast Texas Youth Initiative for Environmental Literacy and Community Resilience at Lamar with Harmony Academy Beaumont. Thanks to Dr Thinesh for the invite to participate in the kick-off!

04/27/2026

Port Neches Pollinator Planters on the Main Street with the Sabine Neches Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist skilled volunteers. Many thanks to Dennis Durkee, Lynn and Greg Jackson, Sharon and Paul Lemoine for their assistance. Let the flowers bloom!

04/18/2026

Wonderful pre-rain morning at the Giving Field 🌍 Day Festivities….you never know who Sharon, Marsha and Michael invite to the fun. Thanks to Master Naturalists Sharon & Marilyn for making the public outreach memorable!

04/16/2026

When your friends turn their backs on you….they’re probably just birders.

Love 💕 Sabine Woods Audubon & Texas Master Naturalists.

04/09/2026

One of the in-process planters from the Butterfly Garden Workshop hosted by the Sabine-Neches Chapter TMN and the Beaumont Botanical Gardens for the benefit of public education. The workshop was funded by a 2025 HEB Grant for the purpose of bringing native plants to Texas. Over 200 plants were delivered to the event and 165 plants left planted in whiskey barrel gardens!

04/05/2026

Marysee Prairie on April 4. 2026 with friends of one of the last remaining Big Thicket grassland prairies remaining in southeast Texas. Thanks y’all for your work!

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Lumberton, TX
77657

Website

http://www.btbiospherereserve.org/

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