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

08/23/2026

08/14/2026

Denizens of the RC Miller Library Pollinator Garden on Thurs., Aug 13 species richness survey day.

08/06/2026

Charlton Pollard American Legion Post #33 Pollinator Garden species richness survey on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. Let's hear for Citizen Scientists!

08/04/2026

Blue Dasher Dragonfly (Pachydiplax) on Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) in the Big Thicket of Southeast Texas.

07/26/2026

Sunday morning at the Gambusia Trail at the bird sanctuary encounter.

07/16/2026

Morning at the Field Research Station in Saratoga among the Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed colony. Despite the enormous insect activity there wasn't a butterfly anywhere to be seen. Must be late risers...

07/13/2026

Awesome 😎 acknowledgement of our efforts to restore native habitat (on a small scale, of course)! Thank you ☺️ Ice House Museum for the opportunity

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Lumberton, TX
77657

Website

http://www.btbiospherereserve.org/

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