Join Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and our partners for a free event all about nature, prescribed fire and how it benefits humans and wildlife alike!

This is the first annual East Texas Fire and Nature Festival!

Join us for a day of nature-based hands-on activities aimed at families, as well as short, guided walks and special speaker presentations. There will be a variety of fire engines and equipment on-site and a live demonstration of prescribed fire. The fire demonstration is weather-dependent. Both the hikes and the presentations will meet at the Nature Center building.

Guided walks will take place on a variety of surface types and will last 20-30 minutes, starting every hour from 10:00 until end of event. Please note there is no hike at noon.

• 10:00am – Birding Basics
• 11:00am – Plants, Animals, and more
• 1:00pm – Prescribed Burn Benefits
• 2:00pm – Tree Identification

Our special speaker presentations will start on the half hour and will last 15-20 minutes inside the Nature Center building.

• 11:30am – Fire Prevention
• 12:30pm – Fuel Model Demonstration
• 1:30pm – Pollinator Conservation Efforts
• 2:30pm – Small Land Restoration

There are also a variety of self-guided activities and demonstrations for you to explore, including but not limited to:

• Touch-A-Dozer
• Engine hose challenge
• Native Seed Balls
• Skins and Skulls
• Make a wildlife track!
• Fire tools of the trade
• Dress like a fire fighter
• Photo booth fun
• Reading fire weather
• Fun with Foam
• Operation Game Thief trailer
• Archery
• Fly fishing

Contact Danielle Okay (903) 216-4402, Danielle.Okay@tpwd.texas.gov for more information.