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- Federal Wildlife Management
As a Federal Wildlife Management Area, LLELA is charged with protecting the native plants and animals that call these lands home.
- Prairies
Only tiny islands of native North Texas Prairie remain! Work has begun to preserve what is left and restore what was lost.
- Bottomland Forests & Cross Timbers
Much like the other ecosystems of north central Texas, our forests have been decimated and fragmented, with only a few small and isolated patches of old growth left scattered amongst the younger forests of the floodplains.
- Aquatic Habitats
Like much of North Texas, LLELA is host to a variety of aquatic systems, from the perennial Elm Fork of the Trinity River, to lakes, former stock ponds, and prairie potholes; from intermittent creeks and streams such as Office Creek, to traditional emergent wetlands such as the Cottonwood Marsh.
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- Prescribed Fire
Research and training in the use of prescribed fire in prairie restoration.
- Wetland Ecology
Research in constructed and natural wetlands.
- Prairie Ecology
Research in bison reintroduction and management techniques.
- Research Notes Series
- Graduate theses and dissertations
- Bison
Bison were extirpated from North Central Texas more than 100 years ago. Now a small herd calls LLELA home.
- Prairie
Before the pioneer movement, healthy North Texas prairies were dominated by little bluestem, big bluestem, sideoats grama, indiangrass, and buffalo grass.
- Invasive Species
Controlling invasive plant and animal species is LLELA’s greatest management challenge.
- Reintroduction
Putting back the missing pieces of our ecosystems.
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THE BEAVER POND PADDLING TRAIL is open, thanks to recent rains. Click here for the latest information.
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