The Piney Woods of Texas
Ethan B. 12/2/15 2nd period
Location
Located East of Texas,next to Louisiana
Things to do
You can go on the Big Thicket National Preserve Trails where most of the sight seeing where there are 85 different types of trees ! You can go explore trails by walking or biking, go camping, and bird watching to see birds like the rarely seen Red-cockaded woodpecker and other wildlife!You can go fishing,hunting,boating,hiking,running
Sight seeing!
Mission tejas state park
Davy Crockett national forest
Sam Houston national forest
Rare to find
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
This bird is recovering because we where destroying their habitats of where they live by chopping down the trees
Bald Eagle
this bird is hard to find because this animal is endangered from people hunting the bird.
Historical sites
- Millard's Crossing Historic Village
- Camp Ford historical park
- Durst Taylor Historic House and Gardens
Wildlife and plants
Animals
- Southern short-tailed shrew
- Virginia opossum
- Common gray fox
- Striped skunk
- Eastern flying squirrel
- Bull Frog
- Attwater's pocket gopher
- Marsh rice rat
- River otter Plants Pine, oak, and other hardwood forests
- Red maple
- Southern red oak
What Big Thicket was before it became anything
People used this area for logging through the 19th and 20th century.Till President Ford did anything about it.When people where logging the area the old trees that they cut down where actually the homes forsome birds ,so when President Ford gave the constitution the "ok" to protect the area the and save some species
HIstory of how this became
40 years after a Biological Survey , the U.S. congress passed on a legislation that made Big Thicket National reserve,after President Gerald Ford signed it and gave it the "ok"
Even more history!
Nacogdoches claims to be the oldest town in Texas as do other towns, and is named for a Caddo Indian family believed to have founded a settlement in the area. Red brick streets run through the historic and charming downtown, and you can walk through a reconstructed 19th century village. The town is a starting place for scenic east Texas drives, whether it's history, architecture or natural sights you're looking for. Antique and specialty shops are thick through the area. Since it's home to the Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches also has a college town atmosphere.
Places
The Piney Woods goes from Beaumont all the way up north to Texarkana, and includes many towns; Athens, Henderson, Longview, Marshall, Nacogdoches, Palestine and Tyler are just a few of the many towns in this region.
Climate
High humididtiy
High temp.
A decent amount of rain fall