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 […]
North Texans to roll out ‘green’ carpet for state’s naturalists
By Amy Martin – Aug. 27, 2019 Disneyland for nature nerds is coming to North Texas. The 20th annual Texas Master Naturalist conference convenes at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront Hotel on Lake Ray Hubbard. The conference runs from Oct. 18-20 […]
My transformation into a North Texas Master Naturalist
GSDFW reporter Amy Martin shares the thrill of becoming a certified nature expert via the Texas Master Naturalist program. Photo by Amy Martin. by Amy Martin It’s the last class of the North Texas chapter’s Texas Master […]
P ost O ak P reserve: Trash Report for NTMN
P ost O ak P reserve Address: 1501 Bowers Road, Seagoville, Texas Trail issues page TRASH ISSUES Extensive trash on western lakeshore where fishing aficionados gather. No trash receptacles or no-littering signs provided. Encampments used […]
P ost O ak P reserve: Trail Report for NTMN
P ost O ak P reserve Address: 1501 Bowers Road, Seagoville, Texas Acres: 335 Trails: 1.2 mile loop soft-surface trail that extends to a lake and returns to parking lot. Bisected by asphalt access road […]
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 […]
