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The Coastal Prairie Conservancy has preserved the final 221 acres of Three Oaks Farm, closing a gap in the Katy Prairie Preserve, officials announced in a March 23 news release.
The big picture
Three Oaks Farm links the Indiangrass Preserve and Hebert Reservoir together, allowing water, wildlife and working lands to “function more naturally” throughout the landscape, per the release.
The addition fortifies almost 20,000 acres of prairie, wetlands and working lands in western Houston to serve several key functions, including:
Zooming out
As one of the biggest nature preserve systems in Greater Houston, the Katy Prairie Preserve cultivates rice farming, ranching and wildlife, in addition to giving visitors one of the last places to explore historic coastal prairies, per the release.
With growth and flooding endangering the well-being of the overall site, the prairie acts as a “natural infrastructure” in order to absorb and slow stormwater, improve water quality and provide open space for people and wildlife.
Remember this?
In 2025, the Coastal Prairie Conservancy preserved 220 acres of land at Three Oaks Farm as part of the organization's 30-year project to help save the contiguous Katy Prairie Preserve, Community Impact reported.
