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 […]
Hike – Trinity Forest Trail: Joppa to Trinity River Audubon
Amy Martin tackles the 8-mile Trinity Forest and AT&T trail in Dallas in a three-part series. Paved Trinity Forest Trail connects natural landmarks By Amy Martin May 13, 2020 Original post at: https://www.greensourcedfw.org/articles/paved-trinity-forest-trail-connects-natural-landmarks The Trinity Forest and AT&T Trail (TFT) consists […]
Lee Kelton: North Texan put passion, pizzazz into local green causes
Dallasite Lee Kelton died shortly after being diagnosed with leukemia this month. April 15, 2020 The sudden departure of Lee Kelton from this physical world has devastated three North Texas “green” communities: Naturalists, Oak Cliff – especially […]
Anniversary brings up a lifetime of Earth Days
Green Source DFW columnist Amy Martin recounts her journey through six decades in the green counterculture. Photo by Dianne Frossard. April 21, 2020 by Amy Martin Every day was Earth Day as a kid […]
North Texans unite to bring back quail
Quail awaiting release at Connemara Meadow in Allen. Photo by Chris Jackson, DFW Urban Wildllife. By Amy Martin March 23, 2020 The ascending whistle-like call of the bobwhite quail — poor bob WHITE – had for centuries been the essential high […]
Feb Memnosyne Cultural Center leader connects youth to nature
Ricardo Cervantes is a leader at a Mexico cultural center created by the Memnosyne Institute, the parent nonprofit of GreenSourceDFW.org. Courtesy of Ricardo Cervantes. By Amy Martin, Feb. 24, 2020 Ricardo Cervantes Cervantes dances for the […]
Mick Tune: Rockwall author shares practical hiking tips with dash of humor
By Amy Martin Jan. 14, 2020 Mick Tune wants you to get out. Not just to the local park, but get out and away from crowds, from amenities, from all that you know best by […]
North Texas Wild: Goodbye to a prairie: Richardson meadow slated for development
Green Source DFW reporter Amy Martin joined a final walk through Beck’s Creek Prairie in Richardson, guided by Eric Reed, the Richardson attorney who led a four-year campaign to save it from development. Photo by Amy Martin. Sept. […]
