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 […]
Green Neighborhoods: Fort Worth Cultural District can be a walk in the park
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is one of the green jewels found in the Cultural District. Courtesy of Fort Worth Botanic Garden. By Amy Martin Jan. 30, 2018 The West Fork of the Trinity […]
Freaky Feet: Post Oak Preserve in Seagoville: Bushwhacking the Savannah – Jan 27, 2018
Post Oak Preserve in Seagoville A project of Dallas County Open Space in conjunction with the adjacent DISD Environmental Learning Center. Directions, parking, and naturalist nerd links at end. Hiking crew: Lisa Blackford, Valerie Grimes, […]
Women’s March Dallas 2018: Pink Strength
Attending the 2017 Women’s March in Austin was a wild ride. Plans for a Dallas one seemed vague, and the charter buses to Austin were filling up, so off I went to the capitol. But […]
Freaky Feet: Crawford Memorial Park – Jan 6 2018
8700 Elam Rd, Dallas, TX 75217 – southeast Dallas in southern Pleasant Grove near where Elam or Prairie Creek Rd. and US 175, just east of S. Buckner 3 miles east of the Trinity River Audubon […]
