D Magazine has invited experts to discuss returning the Dallas Trinity River corridor back to its natural landscape. Above, wading birds in the Great Trinity Forest. Photo courtesy of Ben Sanderson/DallasTrinityTrails.blogspot.com. By Amy Martin Feb. 27, […]
North Texas Wild: Spring Creek Forest preserves ‘biological museum’ in Garland
The 200-acre Spring Creek Forest Preserve features ancient trees, fossils and rich plant life. by Amy Martin Feb. 8, 2017 The towering aged trees along Spring Creek are visible to thousands of people from the […]
North Texas Wild: A rollicking tour of iconic Northeast Texas prairies
By Amy Martin The Native Prairies Association of Texas hosted a prairie tour in Northeast Texas in early June. Intrepid Green Source DFW columnist tagged along on the day-long charter bus tour that ended with a rainbow over Daphne […]
North Texas Wild: Two local fests celebrate the prairie we call home
By Amy Martin 0 Comments April 26, 2016 What if word got out that all but one percent of the Piney Woods ecosystem of East Texas had been leveled? There would be a huge public […]
North Texas Wild: Local conservationists are bringing back the Blackland Prairie
A prairie remnant at Winfrey Point overlooking White Rock Lake in Dallas. Photo by Sean Fitzgerald. By Amy Martin Nov. 24, 2015Stand sometime in the midst of a typical Texas pasture. Everything is contained, with […]
North Texas Wild: Turning pastures into prairies in Fannin County
Amy Martin’s North Texas Wild: Turning pastures into prairies in Fannin County North Texas Wild is a monthly column by Amy Martin, introducing readers to the wild spaces of North Texas. This month, Martin shares […]
The Way the Day Unfolds, part 3 of 4 – Patience & Prairie
by Amy Martin (c) The East Flank remained meadow-like for a while. By the time we got there 50 years later, the cedars had reduced the long meadow into a series of patches and in […]
The Way the Day Unfolds, part 1 of 4: Getting to Know Grass
by Amy Martin (c) When there are ten-thousand things that need to be done, it’s hard to know where to start. The weather, the wind, how wet the soil is, these ferret out a few […]
