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To learn more about visiting Big Thicket National Preserve, visit this Web site:

www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Park/tx/index_bigt.HTM

This Great Outdoor Recreation Pages site provides general information about the Big Thicket as well as every detail needed to plan a trip there, including contact information, operating hours, popular activities, recommended clothing, transportation, and safety tips.

To learn more about the history of the Big Thicket, get a copy of:

Gunter, Pete A.Y., and Bob Armstrong. The Big Thicket: An Ecological Reevaluation . Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1993.

This book focuses on both the historical and biological background for Big Thicket and the half-century struggle to preserve it.

To learn more about camping and wilderness survival, read:

Tawrell, Paul. Camping and Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book. Ist ed. Falcon Publishing Company, 1996.

This 350-page book with 3,600 illustrations provides information about how to travel, make a camp, understand environment, choose equipment, and handle emergencies like first aid and finding food, water, and shelter.

To learn more about Big Thicket flora, see:

Ajilvsgi, Gayeta. Wild Flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas and Western Louisiana . College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1979.

This 360-page field guide details habitat types and plant communities, complete with the blooming periods of individual plants.

 


 


 


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