Welcome To The
TPWD North Texas Geocache Challenge!
This cache is one of 13 that make up the North Texas State Parks
Geocache Challenge!
Before you set out to find the caches be sure to download the
Challenge Passport here or pick one up while they last at
participating parks. Use the special punch to mark the appropriate
place in the Passport and answer the questions based on the
information found in the Logbook. Of course park entry fees apply.
Purchase a State Parks Pass and save money! Ask at your nearest
park headquarters!
The Challenge will begin May 1st and end July 31st, 2010. The
first 25 completed Passports that we receive will earn a Texas
Geocache Challenge geocoin. All others who submit their completed
Passports before the closing date will receive an award as well and
will be entered to win geocoins selected at random from all
completed passports
For more information visit TPWD
Discover your State Parks as you search for these caches and
experience the beauty that Texas State Parks have to offer.
The Blackland Prairie once covered more than 12 million acres in
Texas and Oklahoma. This diverse and dramatic grassland habitat has
been reduced to a mere 5,000 highly fragmented acres today, making
it one of the most imperiled ecosystems in North America. In
pre-settlement times, when it was home to Comanche, Caddo,Wichita
and other plains Indians tribes, the Blackland Prairie was kept
intact by a delicate balance of bison and antelope grazing and
natural fire. The remainder of this fire-dependent ecosystem is
threatened by large-scale development spreading out from Dallas,
FortWorth, San Antonio, Austin and other cities.