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Nonprofit uses nature to heal former inmates | Al Jazeera America

Jul 21, 2014 | Archived, GPRC In the Media

Program takes former prisoners to the wilderness to reshape their lives and the environment. Originally aired on Al Jazeera American. [Live links are broken after a few days, so this raw edited file is without the AJ name fonts on it or any locators of where the story...

Houston's Esteban Park to add homeless green housing

Nov 8, 2013 | Archived, GPRC Prairie Park News

Esteban Park, named after Esteban the Moor, the first recorded African in Texas who arrived as a shipwrecked slave on Galveston Island with Spanish conquistadors in 1528, is taking a big step and will be adding four coastal prairie style green housing cottages for...

Monarch Migration Returns to the Fort Worth Prairie Park

Oct 18, 2013 | Archived, GPRC Prairie Park News

The powerful and mysterious Monarch butterfly migration returned to the Fort Worth Prairie Park last week on their way to Mexico, and we could feel the story of the North American continent in their wings. Here are some photos, courtesy of Sundog Photography. Great...

Persevering for Prairie – Part of the long-sought park is now protected.

Apr 29, 2013 | Archived, GPRC In the Media

by JEFF PRINCE, Fort Worth Weekly Teenagers from a Fort Worth homeless shelter climbed out of a van and looked across what seemed a vast prairie to their urban eyes. They were at the Fort Worth Prairie Park to get some fresh air and a change of scenery. Leading them...

Prairie park moves forward even as Fort Worth grows

Apr 2, 2013 | Archived, GPRC In the Media

BY JARID MANOS Special to the Star-Telegram Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/04/01/4742641/prairie-park-moves-forward-even.html#storylink=cpy

Violence and Redemption on America's Shattered Great Plains

Feb 22, 2013 | Archived, GPRC In the Media

Article appears in the Spring 2013 issue of SavingLand www.landtrustalliance.org by Jarid Manos Download the PDF
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Our Prairie Parks in motion:

GPRC is creating the following Prairie Parks through our two social work programs Restoration Not Incarceration™ & Plains Youth InterACTION™

  • » Fort Worth Prairie Park, TX
  • » Esteban Park, Houston, TX
  • » Oglala Prairie Preserve Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, SD
  • » Galisteo Basin Preserve, Santa Fe County, NM (Completed)

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Fort Worth, TX 76101
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Great Plains Restoration Council is a 501(c)3 non-profit Ecological Health organization that helps people take care of their own health through restoring and protecting native ecosystems, particularly damaged prairies, plains, and waters. GPRC teaches Ecological Health practices and principles around the country, as well as uses the literary arts and other media to broaden awareness and community engagement.

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