By Amy Martin People & Prairies: This three-part series highlights people making a difference in prairie preservation. Photo above by Amy Martin. In this first installment, we meet a woman whose passion for Texas and its history saved a prairie from […]
Moonstruck
by Amy Martin (c) www.moonlady.com The night was dark. The cats slipped easily about the blackness in pursuit of phantom prey. As I moved back and forth between the house and garage, the air […]
North Texas Wild: Chisholm Trail Park preserves Fort Worth prairie parcel
Green Source DFW reporter Amy Martin peruses the prairie remnant at Chisholm Trail Community Park in Fort Worth. Photo by Scooter Smith. June 18, 2018 By Amy Martin Fort Worth has been called the Queen of the […]
Coke Buchanan: Buoyant Memnosyne director helped revive Oak Cliff Earth Day
Coke Buchanan, director for three centers at Green Source DFW’s parent nonprofit, the Memnosyne Institute, died Monday at the age of 66. Above, Coke at the Memnosyne booth at Oak Cliff Earth Day in 2012. Photos courtesy […]
North Texas Wild: Dallas woman wild about Texas native cats
The mountain lion is one of five native cats under threat in Texas. Photos courtesy of Texas Native Cats. By Amy Martin ~ May 2, 2018 A Dallas woman wants to raise awareness about Texas’ native cats – not […]
Daphne Prairie: The Land of Our Bones
By Amy Martin The bus driver nimbly navigates yet one more narrow country road. B. F. Hicks and his crew greet us at the gate, along with some locals who’ve picked up the prairie passion from […]
The Web of Recycling
by Amy Martin (c) www.moonlady.com An aluminum can, emptied of its fluid contents, is tossed into a recycling bin and taken away. Is it a profound act of community? A spiritual ritual? An ecological cure-all? […]
North Texas Wild: Create your own pocket prairie
By Amy Martin Amy Martin offers tips for creating a mini-prairie wildscape in your backyard. Above, the Native Texas Park at the George Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. Photo by Scooter Smith. April 3, 2018 Pocket prairies, small […]
Intersection: Marquez Crater
by Amy Martin About 60 million years ago, a meteorite or comet around one kilometer in diameter slammed into the Earth at some 20,000 miles per hour, blasting a 15-kilometer-wide crater on the edge of what was […]
Trinity Forest Trail: Trinity River Audubon Center to Joppa Preserve – 2-10-18
Hiking crew: Dianne Frossard, Amy Martin, Scooter Smith Photos: Amy Martin. A small group tackled the Trinity Forest Trail (TFT) southern section on a partly cloudy day that was surprisingly warm. While city materials show a […]
North Texas Wild: Urban prairie hidden in Crawford Park
Little bluestem grows on the 27-acre Blackland prairie remnant in Crawford Memorial Park. Courtesy of iNaturalist/Tania Homayoun. By Amy Martin Feb. 13, 2018 Are you a vertical snob, impressed only by the tall? Does nature have to […]
