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The Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge may soon be in the hands of a not-for-profit.
The nonprofit Botanical Research Institute of Texas, or BRIT, has managed the Fort Worth Botanic Garden since the city of Fort Worth handed it over in 2020, the Fort Worth Report reports.
Since then, the garden has seen a 215% increase in attendance, $6.4 million in revenue, and a $1.2 million budget deficit.
"The work that's happening at the nature center is sort of hand in glove with what we're trying to do at BRIT," says Patrick Newman, BRIT's CEO and president of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
He says the institute is interested in partnering with the nature center to address the "biodiversity crisis," an area in which one out of three plant species is threatened with extinction, and those species contribute to food supply and potential medicines.
Deputy City Manager Mark McDaniel tells the Fort Worth Report the city is weighing a "full range of options" to determine if BRIT will manage the nature center or take the lead solely on research efforts.
"I think as we match research and conservation efforts, the sky's the limit," he says.
The city and BRIT will continue conversations about the potential partnership and aim to make final decisions by early 2025,
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