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Pre-registration is required for most hikes in order to
maintain a reasonable group size for guides to lead and for the trail or route to accommodate.
Groups such as garden clubs, scout troops, environmental science classes and neighborhood associations are
welcome to request a guided hike by completing and submitting an outreach request form.
Staff will work with you to select a date, determine availability of staff or trained volunteers, and arrange a
hike that accommodates your group's interests. While trails do exist on some of the City's wildlands, guided hikes may be
arranged to offer access on properties not typically open to the public depending on restrictions due to ongoing land management
or other circumstances.
Educational Presentations
If you are a member of a community group or neighborhood association, you may prefer to arrange an educational presentation at an upcoming meeting. Most often, staff will provide a general introduction and
visual-aid tour of a particular wildlands program using a computer-projected slideshow, though emphasis on specific topics
can be requested. When presenting to neighborhoods adjacent to wildland properties, staff will try to address specific
topics of stewardship unique to the wildland urban interface. Topics may include general overviews of land programs,
native plants, conserving endangered species in an urban setting, or wildfire and home preparedness.
School Programs
Currently, the Wildland Conservation Division does not have a standard program for school groups. Teachers or parents
are encouraged to contact outreach staff if they are interested in a customized classroom presentation or would like
to discuss the possibility of a field trip. Staff will be working to develop activities specifically for this audience
so please check back in the future.
In the Community
The Division participates in many community events by setting up a display table and/or our watershed model. These will be
listed on our calendar and we welcome you to come by to pick up brochures, ask us
questions and check out or display or model. If you have a community festival or event planned and would like to invite
us to attend, please contact outreach staff.
Elsewhere on our website:
For those that hike regularly in the Bull Creek Preserve, the Bull Creek Ecoweb Tour
is an excellent way to learn more about that area and the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve in general. The tour
was developed as a component of the process to earn an Entry Permit
for that tract during the endangered golden-cheeked warbler breeding season.
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