Pearland Wetland Awareness Day

John Hargrove Environemental Complex 5800 Magnolia, Pearland, TX, United States

PearlandWetlandPlanting_Flyer Calling all Master Naturalists, Scouting groups, and volunteers interested in improving the natural surroundings of Pearland! Join us for an upcoming wetland planting event. This unique experience will provide participants with education on wetlands as well as hands on experience in planting. We'll be planting and launching floating wetlands which will demonstrate a new technique for water quality improvements. Additionally we'll create a freshwater wetland habitat near the islands at the John Hargrove Environmental Complex, site of the future Pearland Nature Center. Saturday March 7, 9am-3pm. Breakfast... Read More →

Wetland Economic Benefits workshop

United Way Community Resource Center 50 Waugh Dr., Houston, TX, United States

This is a free workshop for professionals who work with Upper Texas Gulf Coast landowners: realtors, natural resource professionals, environmental service providers. The workshop highlights incentive programs available to private landowners for conserving, restoring, or creating wetlands. Regional experts will speak on emerging ecosystem services markets, wetland ecosystem services, wetland mitigation, nature tourism, wildlife management, conservation easements, and forested wetlands. TCWP will demonstrate its new clearinghouse website of programs which provide economic benefit to landowners for wetland conservation. Lunch and refreshments will be provided to workshop participants, courtesy... Read More →