Bird & Nature Walks

Comprehensive update on trails along the river, new access points, Balanced Vision Plan lakes and features, soccer fields, flood risk reduction measures, new wetland habitat, parks, new PGA golf course, the horse park and roads.

Guests: Jill Jordan, assistant manager for the city of Dallas, and Col. Charles H. Klinge, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District.

Info: Chelsea Klepfer, 214-943-4567 ext. 10 or cklepfer@oakcliffchamber.org

Dallas Interfaith Power & Light promotes love, justice, and care for creation through local action, education, and dialogue about climate stewardship.

Location - Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, 3839 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75233
Description: Come join us for dinner and a round-table discussion about the findings from our recent conference on water issues in North Texas, and prepare to draft a letter in support of water recycling for the Dallas City Council. We need your input! Bring simple food to share, vegetarian preferred.

Learn about common and not-so-common landscape plants tough enough to survive severe water restrictions. Take home samples to add to your garden. $20.

Tea, snacks, crafts and butterfly release. $12/ages 3-11, $3/ages 1-2. $8/adults.

Dale Clark, co-founder of the Dallas County Lepidopterist Society, will present "Fascinating World of Butterflies." The class begins at Texas Discovery Gardens and ends with a field trip by caravan to Dale’s butterfly farm south of Dallas. $30.

Lecture on the evolution of arthropods (like insects and spiders). Enjoy a complimentary glass of champagne and light hors d'oeuvres, plus a tour of the butterfly house. $15.

Texas Discovery Gardens joins in a park-wide July 4th celebration by offering $1 admission to the gardens and butterfly exhibit and extended hours.

Take a guided hike on this 2,000-acre preserve prairie. Hikes at 5 pm at 7pm. 

Friends of the Fort Worth Prairie Park is working to save the park permanently. See Green Source DFW article:http://greensourcedfw.org/articles/julie-s-green-light-march-18-powered-....

Contact: Jo Ann Collins,joacollins@gmail.com.

Sixteen nights of outdoor concerts in the Gardens, followed by fireworks. $20-$50. Parking $10-$25.

Bring work gloves and your favorite shovel, gardening tools or litter picker upper. Water and snacks will be available.