Located in the Upper Cypress Creek watershed, the newly-protected tract includes native prairie, seasonal wetlands and working agricultural land.
According to the conservancy, preserving the property will help support wildlife habitat, provide natural flood storage and maintain the area’s natural landscape as development continues to spread across northwest Harris County.
The land was preserved through a voluntary conservation easement, a legal agreement that stays with the property even if ownership changes. The easement limits future development while allowing agricultural operations, wildlife management and other land uses that align with its conservation goals.
Historically used for rice farming before transitioning to cattle grazing, the property now supports native grasslands, seasonal wetlands and ponds that provide habitat for migratory birds, monarch butterflies and northern bobwhite quail.
Funding for the project came from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Agricultural Land Easements program, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program, the Galveston Bay Estuary Program Conservation Assistance Program and the Bass Pro Shops & Cabela’s Outdoor Fund.
Beyond benefiting wildlife, the conservancy says protecting the land also helps the Cypress Creek watershed by naturally storing and slowing floodwaters.
The announcement comes just months after the Coastal Prairie Conservancy permanently protected the final 221 acres of Three Oaks Farm, completing a years-long conservation effort that closed a key gap in the Katy Prairie and created one of the largest connected stretches of protected open land in the greater Houston region.