Amy Martin

Aug. 12, 2022

Blending plant-based versions of comfort foods with unique vegan creations, Belse ensures everyone in your party goes home happy. 

Settle in with a sizable entrée or cobble together a meal from imaginative soups, salads and appetizers. Finish with a cute dessert and walk it all off at the many nearby parks.

July 28, 2022

Did you know or were you influenced by Ned Fritz?

Texas' greatest environmentalist-lawyer from Dallas died in 2008 at age 92. But there's no comprehensive chronicle of his life's work. 

A team of Dallasites wants to change that by creating an online biography of the man who did more to save nature in Texas than anyone else.

The public's help is needed. 

Perhaps you were active in one of his groups or endeavors: 

This is Part 2 of the Ash Creek Renovation in East Dallas. To catch you up, the banks of a beloved neighborhood creek were clearcut last year by construction workers during a $69.28 million renovation to Bryan Adams High School in East Dallas.

July 21, 2022

Like many of her neighbors, Kristi Kerr Leonard bought her home for its access to a little bit of wildspace in the city.

Her property backed up to a headwater branch of Ash Creek, which coursed through a tree-lined riparian corridor in East Dallas.

Gazing at the scenic view ringing her backyard brought solace during the protracted passage of her parents and isolation during Covid. She'd even she'd dubbed her abode The Creek House.

June 17, 2022

In Texas, it's open season on mountain lions (Puma concolor), also called pumas and cougars. 

These iconic big cats can be shot or trapped in cages or leghold traps at any time of year. There are no limits on take and no requirement to report the number killed, referred to as harvesting, as long as the individual holds a valid Texas hunting or trapping license. Puma cubs can also be killed or trapped. 

May 13, 2022  

With cinematography as big as Texas, Deep in the Heart inspires. 

The latest feature-length film by Ben Masters debuted at the opening night of the EarthX Film Fest at Annette Strauss Square in the Dallas Arts District on Thursday.

May 6, 2022

The nation's wildlife has been in crisis for a decade or more, with one-third of species — more than 1,600! — facing an elevated risk of extinction.

April 14, 2022

It's a splendid spring day and a group of my treehugger friends gather to learn a new way of experiencing a forest.

French native Laurence Turcios, the proprietor of Slow Trails Forest and Nature Therapy, is to teach us the art of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, from Japan.

March 16, 2022

Even non-birdwatchers flock to see bald eagles. 

Undeniably impressive, they boast a wingspan of over six feet with a gleaming white head and chocolate brown feathers when fully mature. Much easier to see than songbirds, but use binoculars for close-ups.

March 16, 2022

Birdwatchers noticed the pair of young bald eagles at White Rock Lake last October.

March 4, 2022

To the untrained hiker, privet is a cheery sign of spring on the trail. But to those who care for our natural areas in DFW, it’s a formidable foe. 

"There's a greenbelt in my town,” said naturalist and native plant expert Carol Clark. “The trail seems green, leafy and inviting at first, but as you walk in, you realize because the privet grows so densely that there is no place to put a foot down anywhere but on the path.” 

And it's all surrounded by dead silence, says Clark.