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Master plan of a garden with pathways, trees, and seating areas.
Jan 23 2018, JULIE THIBODEAUX

Keep Dallas Beautiful to create healing garden at VA med center

Keep Dallas Beautiful revived in 2017 aims to beautify Dallas with projects like installing a Healing Garden at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Led by Brenda Finch, the group focuses on beautification, litter reduction, and environmental education, with support from the city and volunteers.
Woman sitting with a chimpanzee holding a banana outdoors.
Dec 19 2017, JULIE THIBODEAUX

Jane Goodall documentary showing in Fort Worth

When people think of Jane Goodall, most probably envision the venerable grey-haired matriarch of wildlife and environmental conservation, now 83. The National Geographic Studios new documentary Jane aims to introduce audiences to a very different version.
Two turkeys with fluffed feathers standing side by side.
Nov 18 2017, JULIE THIBODEAUX

Turkeys enjoy new home at Dallas County wildlife center

A pair of turkeys will be dining on a rich buffet of veggies and grain at a local sanctuary this Thanksgiving instead of being the main course, thanks to a Fort Worth woman. She’d raised chickens all her life and poultry husbandry was something of a family art.
Group planting a tree with shovels by a lake.
Oct 30 2017, JULIE THIBODEAUX

Grand Prairie to host State Arbor Day celebration

Grand Prairie will host the Texas State Arbor Day celebration on Nov. 3 at Grand Central Park. The event includes tree giveaways, entertainment, and educational booths, highlighting the city's commitment to tree preservation and the Living Memorial Forest Program.
Oct 10 2017, RITA COOK

Fall waterwise tours to showcase Texas-tough yards

Both Dallas and Plano are hosting waterwise landscaping tours in October. Above, a xeriscaped yard on Robin Meadow Drive in Dallas. Courtesy of the city of Dallas.

Oct. 10, 2017

Summer’s over and yards still thriving after weeks of 90 to 100 degree temperatures are true survivors.

That’s why it’s the best time of year to show off native and adapted plants that can stand up to the Texas heat.

People sitting in chairs on grassy field, looking at the sky.
Aug 31 2017, AMY MARTIN

Eclipsestock! North Texas writer witnesses totality in Nebraska

A North Texas writer recounts witnessing a total solar eclipse in Nebraska. The trip, with her husband and friends, to Agate Fossil Beds National Monument near Harrison, saw nearly 7,000 attendees. Amid a festive atmosphere dubbed "Eclipsestock," they experienced awe and camaraderie during the eclipse's totality.
Four people in chairs on a grassy hill, wearing eclipse glasses.
Aug 22 2017, JULIE THIBODEAUX

Solar eclipse brings out creativity in North Texans

The solar eclipse inspired North Texans to engage in creative viewing methods like homemade pinhole projectors, solar glasses, and cereals boxes. Enthusiasts, like Amy Martin, traveled for totality, while others shared innovative viewing techniques, poetry, and experiences online, capturing the community's vibrant excitement and resourcefulness.
Dirt path beside bushes under a blue sky with clouds.
Aug 11 2017, JULIE THIBODEAUX

South Texas butterfly sanctuary staked for Trump's border wall

At the end of July, workers arrived unannounced and started marking a 150-foot clearing zone at the National Butterfly Center in South Texas, in preparation for Trump’s border wall. The 100-acre sanctuary, which provides habitat for more than 200 species of butterflies, including the monarch,
Jul 25 2017, Teresa McUsic

Arlington park named for visionary environmentalist

The Julia Burgen Linear Park, named for the former city council member and early environmentalist, was dedicated in Arlington in May.

July 25, 2017

In the world of ecology, sometimes moving forward means looking around.

In 1995, Arlington’s city council had a big decision to make for flood control of Johnson creek. One path was to follow the Army Corps of Engineers idea for a massive concrete ditch through the city.

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