Inmates inspired to paint for Restoration Not Incarceration
Inmates at Alameda County Juvenile Justice Hall/Alameda County Jail in Oakland, California are inspired to paint messages of hope and renewal for Ecological Health after a visit from Jarid Manos with the Restoration Not Incarceration™ project. More information on Restoration Not Incarceration™
GPRC In the Media
Fort Worth’s tallgrass prairie deserves protections
On the southwestern edge of Fort Worth is a unique remnant of the tallgrass prairie that once stretched to the horizons. This virgin prairie has never felt the bite of the plow.
Channel 39 News, Houston shows Restoration Not Incarceration crew in the field.
(Note: Channel 39 title is way off)
Houston Chronicle: Program Heals Parks, People
Group restores acres of land in the city with help from unlikely source
New York Nightly News at 7 with Chuck Scarborough
View the video of Jarid Manos, Founder & CEO of Great Plains Restoration Council, speaking about the organization.
GPRC Prairie Park News
You are Invited to the First Annual GPRC Fundraiser Evening
New Living and Great Plains Restoration Council invite you to the 1st Annual GPRC Fundraiser Event benefitting the Restoration Not Incarceration™ program of Great Plains Restoration Council. Feel free to bring a friend! February 29, 2012.
Fort Worth Prairie Park Update
The North Face has awarded a $2500 grant to GPRC to help our youth explore the rare Fort Worth Prairie.
Esteban Park, Houston Update
Esteban Park, new urban Houston, Texas Coastal Prairie Park – Begun Aug. 2010, first demonstration coastal prairie restoration park, Donated by Pastors Rudy and Juanita Rasmus of St. John’s Downtown. Set in urban south Houston. First phase of restoration nearly complete. Trails going in now. A pair of grassland nesting birds was discovered on the back prairie site in April 2011.
Saltwater Country Update
Saltwater Country, Coastal Prairie Galveston Bay estuary restoration – MOU signed with US Army Corps of Engineers to restore 20,000 acre grassland estuary restoration site on the mouth of the Trinity River as it empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
Oglala Prairie Preserve Update
Oglala Prairie Preserve - 4,600 acre acquisition of high-quality mixed -grass prairie habitat for bison, prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets directly adjacent to (6.5 miles frontage) the North Unit of Badlands National Park. Currently In need of being acquired by National Park Service, which has existing funds for acquisition. Boundary expansion of the Oglala Prairie Preserve is written into the Management Plans of Badlands National Park. Partnership with Wildlands Restoration Corporation.