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 […]
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 […]
Hike: McCommas Bluff Preserve is wild, wet adventure
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What’s the Dam Problem at LLELA?
The demise of Lake Lewisville dam has been greatly exaggerated, says GSDFW reporter. Above, monitoring stations line the dam. Photos by Amy Martin. Dec. 10, 2019 You may have heard the rumors running through the North […]
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 […]