Environment

There may still be a chance to save the Fort Worth Prairie Park despite the recent sale of the property to developers. All are invited to brainstorm and plan our next steps. David Bezanson with the Nature Conservancy will be in town and we will discuss what we found out at the meeting with the city. David believes we really have a chance to make this happen, but we need you!

If you can't come and want to know more about what you can do, please let me know.

Contact: Jo Ann Collins, 817-689-0098 or JoACollins@gmail.com.

Join UNT Sustainability at this premier networking event for professionals in the DFW Metroplex. Enjoy cheese and chocolate fondue at The Melting Pot while meeting individuals from the public and private sector and from various industries to start conversations that build long-lasting partnerships. Cost: $15. Info: Meredith.Bard@unt.edu.

This is a monthly gathering of environmentalists in DFW, formerly known as the Clean Air Meetup.

Smitty from Public Citizen will be coming from Austin for the meeting.

Here are some of the agenda items to be covered:

• Fracking/Earthquakes
- Hear about the town hall meeting that happened in Reno/Azle with KERA
• Proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir
- What's new with the Texas Water Dev. Board's recommendation
• Air/Upcoming Air Plan
- What happened at the last NTCOG meeting and going forward
• Event Reports
- The Monsanto March report and Exxon Mobil Shareholders' meeting
• Announcements
- Park City Democrat Club to host former EPA head Dr. Al Armendariz July 5
- Upcoming Climate Rally
• Pipelines
- 65-year old Pegasus pipeline to restart?
• FABULOUS Energy Conference
- More details/sign up

Delve beyond butterflies and learn about one of nature’s “other pollinators,” the moth. Learn about fascinating behaviors, adaptations and diversity in the moth world from entomologist John Watts. $15.

Earn CPE Credits while learning how to bring plants into your classroom and curriculum. Plants in your social studies lesson and botany in your math lessons will help your students appreciate the natural world while they learn. Appropriate for elementary educators. $15. Register online or at 214-428-7476 x343.

Explore Dogwood Canyon, meet new friends, and learn more about the canyon from an environmental educator. On the second Saturday of each month, your guide will provide a fun-filled experience sharing knowledge of the canyon’s flora, fauna, history and geology. 

Free. RSVP required. Call for time.

Info: 469-526-1980 or DCAC@Audubon.org..

Dr. Armendariz is a former SMU professor and EPA administrator and currently with the Sierra Club, as senior campaign representative for the Beyond Coal Campaign. Info: MortonIsis@aol.com.

Trammell S. Crow, who transformed Earth Day Dallas into the largest Earth Day celebration in the world, will talk about Earth Day Texas, its purpose, its importance and plans for the future.  He supports various non-profit organizations that are active in family planning, education, the environment, community initiatives and political causes. All welcome. Info: Kirk Miller, 972-699-1687, KirkMiller@DallasSierraClub.org.

Besides good company, you can enjoy cheap eats, because it's $1 burger night from 5 p.m. until closing, so you can chow down on a hamburger, turkey burger or portobello burger for only a buck. Meet downstairs at the large table to your right as you walk in the door. Look for our sign.

Author Joel Greenberg will bring the story of the passenger pigeon to life and speak about his new book, A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction. Greenberg has been a birder/naturalist for 45 years, and has shared his love and knowledge of nature and conservation by authoring three books, writing numerous articles, co-hosting a radio show, blogging on Birdzilla.com and lecturing widely. He has also written the first book on the species in more than 50 years. Joel uses his passion and humor in telling the poignant story of this species, which also includes the interesting human characters that populate the bird’s history. But this is not just about the past: What happened to the passenger pigeon is relevant to us and those who come after. 

Sponsored by the Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists and Prairie & Timbers Audubon Society.

$10. Available beginning Aug. 4. Limited seating.