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 […]
Palo Pinto Mts State Park construction to start this year
by Amy Martin Sept. 16, 2020 Original post at https://www.greensourcedfw.org/articles/palo-pinto-mts-state-park-construction-start-year From my vantage point high on the ridge, the waters of rock-rimmed Tucker Lake are clear and still. Flameleaf sumacs along the dam hint of […]
Amy Martin selected to write Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth
Timber Press has contracted Amy Martin to write Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth, to be released in late summer 2023. The book will cover Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties and will feature […]
Hike: McCommas Bluff Preserve is wild, wet adventure
Amy Martin takes readers down the McCommas Bluff trail, southeast of Trinity River Audubon Center. Photo by Amy Martin. By Amy Martin — June 24, 2020 Original post: https://www.greensourcedfw.org/articles/hiking-mccommas-bluff-preserve-wild-wet-adventure McCommas Bluff Preserve is a legendary Dallas wild place […]
Hike – Trinity Forest Trail & Beyond: Elam Road area
Amy Martin dives deep into the Great Trinity Forest in this final installment of the Trinity Forest Trail series. Photos by Amy Martin. By Amy Martin — May 27, 2020 — Original post at https://www.greensourcedfw.org/articles/trinity-forest-trail-series-final The […]
Hike – Trinity Forest Trail: Trinity River Audubon & Joppa to Loop 12
A flooded trail in May leads into the forested bottomland, as the Trinity Forest Trail series continues. Photos by Amy Martin. May 20, 2020 – Original post at https://www.greensourcedfw.org/articles/trinity-forest-trail-turns-shady-retreat-second-foray The Trinity Forest and AT&T Trail (TFT) consists of […]
Texas Green Report: Montopolis
Montopolis is an Austin-based orchestral rock band that creates multi-media performances that showcase the ecological jewels of Texas. Featuring original music by Justin Sherburn, the traveling shows weave history, storytelling and ecology with photography, video and […]