Coastal Prairie Partnership

The coastal prairie of Texas and Louisiana (also known as Gulf Coast Prairie or Cajun prairie in Louisiana) is one of the most imperiled ecosystems in the U.S. 

Coastal Prairie Partnership (CPP) is a grass-roots coalition comprised of local, state, federal, and non-profit institutions, private landowners, individuals, businesses, and educators working to achieve common prairie conservation, restoration, and educational goals. Each Fall CPP hosts the annual State of the Prairie Conference.

CPP works to help develop tools, educational materials, awareness strategies, etc. which strengthen the entire prairie community without competing directly with our member institutions for funding, publicity, etc. Simply put our job is to strengthen the prairie community not siphon resources from the folks already working hard to save the prairie.  As such, CPP is not a landowner and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors which represents the needs of CPP's member institutions and individual members.

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NATURE DISCOVER CENTER (BELLAIRE, TEXAS)

The mission of the Nature Discover Center (NDC) is to ignite life-long curiosity, understanding, and respect for nature through education.

The Nature Discovery Center owes its existence to a
remarkable grass-roots effort, which 

began in 1979 with the formation of the Friends of Bellaire Parks, Inc., now Nature Discovery Center, Inc. In the early 1980’s the organization raised funds for the acquisition of a million dollar 3.75-acre Henshaw estate, now Russ Pitman Park. 

Today, NDC is a vital asset to Bellaire and surrounding Houston - educating thousands of Texans each year. The grounds sport a lovely prairie planting comprised of m

ostly rescued plants and tended by volunteers led by Don Verser.
 

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Children - Nature Discovery Center