Austin-based Texas Land Conservancy has acquired Connemara Conservancy’s land trust properties. Photo by Daniel Koglin. By Amy Martin / Jan. 27, 2022 Have you ever visited Oak Cliff Nature Preserve or been to Kachina Prairie in Ennis, or Cibolo Preserve north […]
Former Boy Scout camp shelters nature in urban Dallas
Twenty years ago, a poet and a lawyer joined forces to save a beloved parcel of Oak Cliff nature. Photo courtesy of Texas Land Conservancy. By Amy Martin / Jan. 21, 2022 It was 1999, and […]
Backyard feeders may provide hunting ground for hawks
A kingbird harasses a juvenile red-shouldered hawk. Photo by Nick DiGennaro. By Amy Martin / Jan. 11, 2022 Original post at https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/feeders-may-attract-raptors-hunting-bird-snack On this warm winter day, it’s busy at the bird feeders outside my office window with the usual […]
DeSoto nature preserve pays tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Stevie Ray Vaughan Crossing bridge at Windmill Hill Preserve was funded by the late musician’s mother, Martha. The nature preserve became the mission of Paul Dryer, a fellow musician, after a housing development failed. […]
North Texas prairies have new advocate fighting for them
Carly Aulicky is the new North Texas outreach and stewardship director for the Native Prairies Association of Texas. Photo courtesy of Carly Aulicky. Original post at https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/new-outreach-director-arrives-help-north-texas-prairies By Amy Martin Dec. 9, 2021 There’s a new prairie advocate in town. […]
Nature Made Me: Three prairie guys reflect on their roots
Brandon Belcher teaching about prairie restoration at Paul Mathews Prairie near Greenville. Photo by Justin Parker. Original post at https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/nature-made-me-prairie-guys By Amy Martin Oct. 20, 2021 As I compiled my upcoming book Wild DFW by Timber Press over […]
Urban storm water poses threat to creeks, rivers
The Tarrant Regional Water District’s Fort Worth campus demonstrates eight major green stormwater mitigation methods, including a bioswale, a raingarden, rainwater cisterns, permeable surfaces and a stormwater wetland. Courtesy of TRWD. By Amy Martin May 25, 2021 […]
The Watershed We Call Home
Photo by Daniel Koglin. by Amy Martin “A river is a river… always changing and always on the move. And over time the river itself changes too. It widens and deepens as it rubs […]
Winter Solstice: The Pause at the Bottom of the Breath
Winter Solstice: The Pause at the Bottom of the Breath by Amy Martin Twenty-nine years ago. Twenty-nine years ago, I looked in, I looked into water so deep it lost light – the transparent clarity […]
North Texas paddling trail receives national designation
Original post at: https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/north-texas-paddling-trail-receives-national-designation By Amy Martin Dec. 2, 2020 The Trinity River binds us. It is the fluid webbing that holds North Texas together. We live in its watershed and every drop of rain […]
Guide to Trinity River Paddling Trail
Original post at: https://greensourcedfw.org/articles/trinity-river-paddling-guide By Amy Martin Dec. 3, 2020 With the development of the Trinity River Paddling Trail and its recent inclusion in the National Park Service as a National Recreation Trail, the kayak and canoe community in […]
