Welcome to the Texas Pineywoods Experience
Celebrating the lands and history of East Texas.
With its beautiful forests, azalea trails, rivers and proximity to major cities, the Pineywoods region of East Texas remains a secret treasure. The Texas Pineywoods Experience initiative and website was launched to promote the region's rich natural and cultural legacy, in partnership with regional economic development and tourism leaders. Our quarterly newsletter will feature events, destinations and conservation activities that are expanding recreational opportunities and protecting natural resources.
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Texas Pineywoods Experience Welcomes Betty Russo
New project coordinator based in Nacogdoches.
The Texas Pineywoods Experience welcomed Betty Russo as the Project Coordinator. Russo formerly served in leadership positions with the Shepherd Economic Development Corporation and the Coldspring/San Jacinto County Chamber of Commerce. Read More>
Big Thicket National Preserve Receives Acquisition Funding
Congress appropriates $1.25 million to conserve important wildlife habitat.
 In early February, Congressman Kevin Brady visited the Big Thicket National Preserve Visitor's Center to present a $1.25 million check. These funds enable The Conservation Fund and the preserve to acquire critical habitat and recreation lands, as spelled out in the Big Thicket Addition Act of 1993. “Saving the land as part of the Big Thicket National Preserve will guarantee that my kids and your kids will have the chance to see what Texas is like in its natural state," said Brady at the presentation ceremony. Read More>
Beaumont Conservation Acquisitions Announced by The Conservation Fund
Premier recreation areas protected.
 The Conservation Fund announced the acquisition of several key tracts of land next to the Beaumont Unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve in late 2007. Since June, 2007, the Fund has acquired over 5,000 acres of cypress-tupelo swamp along the Neches River just north of Beaumont. The land will be permanently protected for recreation and for the large numbers of migrating land birds, woodland waterfowl and colonial water birds that use the wetland. Read More>
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