Big Sandy Creek is a stream in Texas, United States.

[1][2] Long sections of the creek pass through the Big Thicket National Preserve.

[3][4] Common tree species seen in the bottomlands include sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii), hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), Hollies (Ilex sp.

[4] Outside of the national preserve, the Alabama-Coushatta people manage and protect longleaf pine ecosystems on their land.

Prescribed fire and reforestation efforts protect greater than 400 acres (1.6 km2) of forest dominated by Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris), an important cultural symbol used in basket weaving.