Conservation

Workshop by by Randy Johnson, horticulture manager, Dallas Zoo & owner, Randy’s Organics (native plant nursery).

Martha Ohlson of Allen and Dallas Sierra Club member will return to share her hiking stories and pictures from her 800 km walk on the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain. This trail is the pilgrimage of the Crusades that people from all over the world travel to Spain to complete. Martha has visited over 40 countries and is an expert photographer and storyteller to boot. 

You are invited to come and help us return this site to its natural state. Friends will be cutting and removing small trees and bushes from Rosser's Meadow. Come prepared to work in a wooded environment.  Tools will be furnished those who don't bring them. Questions? friendsofosgray@gmail.com

Wes Culwell will discuss one of his pet projects – identifying and obtaining recognition for local historic trees in the Tarrant area. In addition, he will provide us with some of his observations about the trees that can be found at the Southwest Nature Preserve.

Wes Culwell is one of the few Board-Certified Master Arborists in Texas. He is an Aggie, a Landscape Horticulturist and owner of HortiCare involved in improving plant health care.

Change begins with you! Once the elections are over, the hard work begins to protect and preserve the Lone Star state in the 2017 Texas Legislature. Will you join us on November 12 for an important gathering to discuss our legislative strategy?

A lot is on the line next year: renewable energy, state and local park funding, oil and gas reform, attacks on local control, water conservation, groundwater management, air quality and clean transportation programs, tires, batteries, and waste of all types. We need leaders like you to help move our agenda forward!

Texas Campaign for the Environment’s North Texas office is celebrating the end of election season and its own progress in advancing recycling and sustainability at a house party.

Texas Campaign for the Environment started with a vision of reducing waste and pollution back in 1991 with offices in Dallas and Houston. That year, the group’s community organizers generated 70,000 petition signatures in Dallas, and 20,000 signatures in Arlington that helped convince the cities to start curbside recycling programs.

Combined meeting of Fort Worth and Dallas Chapters. Info: Leigh Ann Ellis, laellis55@aol.com or 214-321-7159

Alexandra Cousteau to speak on "This Blue Planet: Preserving & Sustaining a Healthy Earth." A National Geographic “emerging explorer,” filmmaker, and globally recognized advocate on water issues, Alexandra Cousteau continues the work of her renowned grandfather Jacques-Yves Cousteau and her father Philippe Cousteau Sr.

Village Creek is on the 303(d) list of impaired water bodies and Lake Arlington is on the "Concerns" list. This Trinity River Authority Project is a 3-year voluntary effort to clean up the watershed that feeds Village Creek and our drinking water in Lake Arlington. Presenter: Aaron Hoff.