EVENTS
Before you start your adventure with us, please read this notice:
All visitors should print and sign a release waiver:
Adult Release | Adult + Child ReleaseWhat to wear/bring for trips to the prairie?
- Outdoor clothing (closed-toe shoes and long pants)
- Long-sleeve shirt recommended
- Hat
- Water
- Inset repellent.
Visitors should use our maps to visit the prairie - many online maps will get you lost:
Click here to visit our directions page.Please note that event registration closes at noon on the day before the event.
June 2013
Summer Science Nights 2013
Week-Day Evenings in June and July from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmOur Summer Science Nights are a great way to enrich your child's understanding of science in the best laboratory of all — the great outdoors. Each session includes hands-on, minds-on activities and an action-packed hike on one of our wildlife-rich preserves.
Classes:
• June 04, 13 | Catching Wildlife
• June 11, 20 | The Bone Eaters
• June 18, 25 | Wild Water!
When: Tuesdays and Thursdays in June | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Each class is offered four times throughout the summer. You can register for one topic or all three topics in the series.
Where: Indiangrass Preserve
Audience: Classes are designed for 5 - 10 year olds.
Cost: $7/child
Registration: Click here for registrationUnplugged Adventure: Butterflies Rock!
Saturday, June 1 from 9:00 am - 10:30 amButterflies are some of nature's most striking and important animals. The prairie's wildflowers attract thousands of butterflies. From palm-sized swallowtails to dainty but spectacular blue azures, you are sure to spot something amazing!
Join KPC Ranger Diane Russell and butterfly experts for a morning of discovery and art. Participants will have a chance to paint a take-home butterfly rock craft and hike the Nelson Farms Preserve in search of the bold and the beautiful - our native butterflies.
When: Saturday, June 1, 2013 | 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Where: Nelson Farms Preserve
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Click hereWild West Tour: Breeding Birds
Saturday, June 8 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmBeat the heat this summer and join bird expert, Glenn Olsen, for a twilight tour of the prairie. Visit wetlands, woods, and wild grasslands in search of breeding birds and feathery fledglings. A light dinner will be included with this special trip onto KPC preserves.
When: Saturday, June 8 2013 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Indiangrass Preserve
Audience: Adult Learners
Cost: $50 per person, dinner included
Registration: Click here to registerUnplugged Adventure: The Magic Hour (Photography)
Saturday, June 15 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmCapturing landscapes and nature can be tricky. You need patience, an interesting subject, and great light.
That's why we are happy to present this special opportunity to join some of the Katy Prairie's best amateur photographers as they share their secrets to getting great shots during the 'magic hour' - the period just before sunset. So, if you'd like to get the most out of your camera, join us for a relaxed, hands-on photographic experience.
When: Saturday, June 15 2013 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Warren Lake
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Click hereKPC Field Days
Thursday, June 20 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, June 22 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThe third Thursday of each month, and the following Saturday, KPC Volunteers meet at the Indiangrass Preserve's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery to water, weed, and pot seedlings. These plants are used to help restore native prairies on KPC properties and in other locations. Occasionally Field Days are held at a different location - email Linda Langlitz for more details.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for tons of other projects. Put yourself on the volunteer email list by emailing info@katyprairie.org Thanks!
July 2013
KPC Field Days
Thursday, July 18 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, July 20 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThe third Thursday of each month, and the following Saturday, KPC Volunteers meet at the Indiangrass Preserve's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery to water, weed, and pot seedlings. These plants are used to help restore native prairies on KPC properties and in other locations. Occasionally Field Days are held at a different location - email Linda Langlitz for more details.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for tons of other projects. Put yourself on the volunteer email list by emailing info@katyprairie.org Thanks!
Unplugged Adventure: Night Sight
Saturday, July 13, 2013 from 8:15 pm - 9:30 pmAs night descends on the prairie a zoo of sounds, dark shapes, and even ghostly lights materalizes. What could they be? Joins us for a nighttime, walking safari of the historic Warren Ranch. We'll hike along ranch roads using only the moonlight and red-tipped flashlights to guide us. Along the way we are sure to spot wildlife big and small - and always wild!
When: Saturday, July 13 2013 | 8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Warren Ranch - Rock Hollow Creek
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Click hereSummer Science Nights 2013
Week-day Evenings in June and July from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmOur Summer Science Nights are a great way to enrich your child's understanding of science in the best laboratory of all — the great outdoors. Each session includes hands-on, minds-on activities and an action-packed hike on one of our wildlife-rich preserves.
Classes:
• July 10, 25 | Catching Wildlife
• July 17, 30 | The Bone Eaters
• July 24, 31 | Wild Water!
When: Evenings in July | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Each class is offered four times throughout the summer. You can register for one topic or all three topics in the series.
Where: Indiangrass Preserve
Audience: Classes are designed for 5 - 10 year olds.
Cost: $7/child
Registration: Click here for registrationAugust 2013
Unplugged Adventure: Falling Stars
Sunday, August 11 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 amThe sky is falling, the sky is falling! Not quite but you sure to get a front row seat for shooting stars at our August Unplugged Adventure. Families and individuals are welcomed to spread a blanket on the Matt Cook Wildlife Viewing platform for what promises (weather permitting) to be a fantasitc meteor shower.
The Perseids are considered by many people to be the year's best shower, and often peak at 50 or more meteors per hour in a dark sky. The Perseids tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into midnight, and typically produce the most meteors in the wee hours before dawn.
When: Sunday, August 11 2013 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 am
Where: Warren Lake
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: None required.KPC Field Days
Thursday, August 15 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, August 17 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThe third Thursday of each month, and the following Saturday, KPC Volunteers meet at the Indiangrass Preserve's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery to water, weed, and pot seedlings. These plants are used to help restore native prairies on KPC properties and in other locations. Occasionally Field Days are held at a different location - email Linda Langlitz for more details.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for tons of other projects. Put yourself on the volunteer email list by emailing info@katyprairie.org Thanks!
September 2013
Unplugged Adventure: Up the Creek
Saturday, September 14 from 9:00 am - 11:00 amThe Katy Prairie is Houston's shield. Each acre of prairie holds back tens of thousands of gallons of floodwater during a heavy rain that would otherwise inundate our friends in to the souteast (Katy, Memorial, Houston, and others). Want to see how KPC is helding to protect you and your family? Join us for a fun and informal hayride focused on our flood-retention projects on the Flat Out Wonderful Warren Ranch. Along the way you'll learn some ranch history and see how our newest project is already becoming a haven for wildlife.
When: Saturday, September 14 2013 | 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Where: Stream restoration on Warren Lake
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Coming SoonKPC Field Days
Thursday, September 19 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, September 21 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThe third Thursday of each month, and the following Saturday, KPC Volunteers meet at the Indiangrass Preserve's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery to water, weed, and pot seedlings. These plants are used to help restore native prairies on KPC properties and in other locations. Occasionally Field Days are held at a different location - email Linda Langlitz for more details.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for tons of other projects. Put yourself on the volunteer email list by emailing info@katyprairie.org Thanks!
October 2013
Unplugged Adventure: Katy Prairie Bioblitz
Saturday, October 12 All DayThe Katy Prairie Bioblitz's mission is simple: Count as many different species of plants, animals, and fungi on the prairie as we can in a 24-hour period. Would you like to help us count wildlife and plants but don't know an armadillo from an oak tree? No worries. Each Bioblitz team will have an expert ornithologist (bird expert), herpetologist (reptile and amphibian expert), entomologist (insect/spider expert) and botanist (plant expert) along to help us identify what we see and hear. Chidren are particularly welcome.
When: Saturday, October 12 2013 | All Day
Where: All Preserves
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Coming SoonKPC Field Days
Thursday, October 17 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, October 19 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThe third Thursday of each month, and the following Saturday, KPC Volunteers meet at the Indiangrass Preserve's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery to water, weed, and pot seedlings. These plants are used to help restore native prairies on KPC properties and in other locations. Occasionally Field Days are held at a different location - email Linda Langlitz for more details.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for tons of other projects. Put yourself on the volunteer email list by emailing info@katyprairie.org Thanks!
November 2013
Unplugged Adventure: Range Ride
Saturday, November 9 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pmIf you'd like to see the prairie in an entirely new way our Range Ride is for you. We'll ride rustic ranch and farm roads taking in the coppery hues of fields and the big sky above as we discover how the many landscapes and uses of the prairie (farming/ranching, hunting, oil and gas production, wild prairies, wetlands, wooded creeks, and more) intersect to create a uniquely Texan experience.
When: Saturday, November 9 2013 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Where: Warren Ranch + Nelson Farms
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Coming SoonKPC Field Days
Thursday, November 21 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, November 23 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThe third Thursday of each month, and the following Saturday, KPC Volunteers meet at the Indiangrass Preserve's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery to water, weed, and pot seedlings. These plants are used to help restore native prairies on KPC properties and in other locations. Occasionally Field Days are held at a different location - email Linda Langlitz for more details.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for tons of other projects. Put yourself on the volunteer email list by emailing info@katyprairie.org Thanks!
December 2013
Unplugged Adventure: Birding 101
Saturday, December 7 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pmBirding is hot! More and more folks are getting into bird-watching as a way to connect to nature, see beautiful places, and challenge themselves. Getting started with birding can be intimidating though. That's why we've designed this family-friendly Unplugged Adventure. Expert birders will lead you though four activity stations where you will learn the basics of bird watching from identifing birds by shape to learning to understand bird songs and calls in your backyard.
When: Saturday, December 7 2013 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Indiangrass Preserve
Audience: Groups and individuals - children welcome!
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Coming SoonKPC Field Days
Thursday, December 19 | 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, Decemer 21 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThe third Thursday of each month, and the following Saturday, KPC Volunteers meet at the Indiangrass Preserve's Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery to water, weed, and pot seedlings. These plants are used to help restore native prairies on KPC properties and in other locations. Occasionally Field Days are held at a different location - email Linda Langlitz for more details.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for tons of other projects. Put yourself on the volunteer email list by emailing info@katyprairie.org Thanks!
January 2014
Winter Camp: Navigating Nature
Thursday - Saturday, January 2-4, 9:00 am - 12:00 pmGetting from place to place safely is one of the biggest challenges for wildlife. Fortunately animals of all sizes have come up with incredible ways of navigating. From pigeons that use the magnetic fields of the earth to return home to dung beetles who use the Milky Way to find their burrows the animal world is fun of inspiring and awe-inspiring stories. This hands-on, minds-on camp is designed to investigate the hows and the whys of migration and movement through games, scientific experiments, and stories.
When: Thursday - Saturday, January 2-4 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Indiangrass Preserve
Audience: Children ages 5- 8
Cost: Free
Volunteers: KPC needs guides to help lead guests. Contact Jaime Gonzalez if you would like to help.
Registration: Single day registration available. Coming Soon
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