Nature’s Own: The legacy of Kachina Prairie

Ennis’ unique wildlife preserve, Kachina Prairie, one of the first trails to be mapped for the Bluebonnet Festival back in the 1950s, features more than the state flower. The 30-acre grassland, located on the banks of Lake Clark, has never been cultivated, its vegetation and bird species remaining as they were hundreds of years ago when the bison roamed freely. A nod to that now vanished breed is …