We arrived at the Visitors Center here at Big Thicket and after looking at the exhibits I thought of how similar the Preserve is to Congaree National Park in South Carolina.
We watched a video in the Visitors Center about the history of Big Thicket which emphasized on the individuals who worked so diligently in making this site a National Preserve for future generations to enjoy and to protect the land.
Big Thicket National Preserve shelters remnants of the unique Big Thicket of Texas, protecting critical habitat for many rare and endangered species. This unusual assemblage of animals and plants includes mixed hardwood-pine forest, savannah, flatland palmetto hardwood forest, and floodplain forests with baygall and cypress slough.
We enjoyed the lovely 2 mile walk we took on the Kirby Natural Trail. A self-guided booklet helps to guide one along the way and points out particular sites of interest and explains what you’re seeing in detail. We ended our visit by having a picnic nearby.
The weather was lovely and it was a very peaceful place to visit this time of year.After being in New Orleans for a week it was nice to get out and walk in the woods.
Plants and animals characteristic of many regions live together in the Big Thicket, largely because of the Ice Age. Continental glaciers, far to the north, pushed many species southward. Conditions were varied enough that when the glaciers retreated many species continued living here.
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