deer between dense trees, white stag in the background, stag with big antlers in the forest, stags between tall trees, big eyes of a deer, deer in the thicket ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Big Thicket National Preserve will mark its 51st anniversary with Big Thicket Day on the Neches this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Collier's Ferry Park. The free community ...

The Big Thicket National Preserve turns 50 years old this year. It took more than four decades of work and compromises for a national preserve protecting about 3% of the original forest to become a ...

KOUNTZE, Texas — The ongoing federal government shutdown has forced the Big Thicket National Preserve in Hardin County to close its gates and furlough employees, leaving visitors turned away and ...

As residents of Southeast Texas, we are blessed to live with the rich biodiversity and ecological tapestry that is the Big Thicket National Preserve. We need to recognize the responsibility that we ...

Along the Kirby Trail in the Big Thicket National Preserve. credit: Catherine Parker Beaumont melds its Texas swagger with Cajun flavors, with its location along the Louisiana border. About an hour ...

Nearly 200 paddlers dipped their toes into the Beaumont unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve on Saturday, taking part in a nearly five-mile journey through the Neches River and cypress tupelo ...

I’d been bent at the hip like a cartoon detective, snooping around the trail’s edges, for over an hour. Covered in streaks of my own blood, courtesy of the recently satiated mosquitoes I swatted off ...

Author James Wade discusses Narrow "The Road," the Big Thicket, East Texas roots, and his unforgettable Literary Death Match ...