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 […]
Learning to Live
July 16, 2019: 3 months after surgery x-ray checkup. Bone graft seems to be doing its thing in the fusion of C1, C2 and C3. Another 3 to 6 months of bone-graft nursing to go. […]
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 […]
John Lennon: 40 Years Later
John Lennon, as pictured in an advertisement for Imagine from Billboard, 18 September 1971. Peter Fordham by Amy Martin Death hurts not the victim but those who remain behind. It is the spaces in […]
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 […]
Taking Leave of Life
by Amy Martin . The last time I spoke with Memaw, she was in the intensive care unit. Peering out from the tangle of tubes, monitors and IV’s, her eyes were those of a frightened […]
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. The book will cover Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties and will feature over 350 images from area photographers. It […]
