Amy Martin

Senior Features Reporter

Amy Martin, a journalist and writer for more than 40 years, is a senior reporter for GreenSource DFW. Her latest book, "Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature in and round Dallas-Fort Worth,” (Wild-DFW.com) will be released by Timber Press in July 2023. She is currently creating a biographical website (NedFritz.com) of Ned Fritz, Texas' most famous environmentalist. Her prior book was "Itchy Business: How to Treat the Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Rash, Prevent Exposure and Eradicate the Plant.”(Itchy.biz)

She was contributing editor for the national magazine Garbage (recycling and features), and has written for TheaterJones (comedy and cirque), Senior Voice (The Aging Hippie column), Dallas Morning News (recycling), Dallas Times Herald (performing arts), and Dallas Observer (music and comedy). For a dozen years, Martin also operated a popular alternative news service called Moonlady News, earning her the nickname Moonlady. She may be reached through Moonlady.com.

By Amy Martin

Dec 05 2016, AMY MARTIN

North Texas Wild: Bring nature into your holiday

Enjoy the holidays with Solstice celebrations, natural decorating, outdoor lighting, green gifts, winter hikes and bird counts. Photo from the Interlochen Holiday Lights in Arlington.

Dec. 6, 2016

Nov 18 2016, AMY MARTIN

Ode to the Little Brown Bird

Nov. 18, 2016

We like our birds like we like our jewels: large, colorful and flashy. Blue jays and cardinals catch your attention; woodpeckers make you say “wow.” To see a painted bunting is to score the avian rainbow.

Nov 01 2016, AMY MARTIN

North Texas Wild: Here's 20 places to see Texas fall color

Nov. 1, 2016

Autumn weather has been slow to arrive in North Texas this year, but cooler weather is expected anyday now. With the cooler temps comes beautiful fall foliage if you know where to look.

Oct 26 2016, AMY MARTIN

Bats hang at Parker County sanctuary while they heal

Peekaboo, a rescued Egyptian fruit bat, front, and friends hanging out at Bat World Sanctuary in Weatherford. Photos courtesy of Bat World Sanctuary.

Oct. 26, 2016

Oct 17 2016, AMY MARTIN

Behaviorist provides 'emotional' enrichment for animals at Boyd sanctuary

Louis Dorfman greets Louis, a Bengal tiger at International Exotic Animal Sanctuary in Wise County. Photos by Scooter Smith.

Oct. 17, 2016

Aug 30 2016, AMY MARTIN

WHO you gonna call? Blackland Prairie Raptor Center provides ER for birds of prey

Barred owl at the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center in Lucas. This is first in a series of North Texas Wild columns about wildlife rescue centers in North Texas. Photos courtesy of BPRC.

Aug. 30, 2016

Jun 28 2016, AMY MARTIN

Rollicking bus tour rolls through iconic Northeast Texas prairies

The Native Prairies Association of Texas hosted a prairie tour in Northeast Texas in early June. Intrepid Green Source DFW columnist tagged along on the day-long charter bus tour that ended with a rainbow over Daphne Prairie in Franklin County. Photo by Stalin SM.

June 28, 2016

North Texas Wild logo DAWN IS NO TIME TO BE ALIVE

Jun 07 2016, AMY MARTIN

Fort Worth Nature Center offers window into region’s wild past

The Fort Worth Nature Center's bison herd is one of its biggest draws. Photos courtesy of Fort Worth Nature Center unless otherwise noted.

June 7, 2016

Apr 26 2016, AMY MARTIN

North Texas Wild: Two local fests celebrate the prairie we call home

April 26, 2016

Apr 01 2016, AMY MARTIN

7 best places for long hikes in DFW

Oak Cliff Nature Preserve in Dallas offers 8 miles of trails on 120 acres. Courtesy of Texas Land Conservancy

North Texas Wild April 1, 2016

Escape from the urban stress and get in shape on some of the wildest trails in North Texas

Feb 16 2016, AMY MARTIN

North Texas Wild: Coppell Nature Park offers respite from urban sprawl in north Dallas County

The 66-acre Coppell Nature Park opened on Earth Day 2014. Photos courtesy of Chris Jackson, DFWUrbanWildlife.com.

Feb. 16, 2016

Nov 23 2015, AMY MARTIN

North Texas Wild: Local conservationists are bringing back the Blackland Prairie

A prairie remnant at Winfrey Point overlooking White Rock Lake in Dallas. Photo by Sean Fitzgerald.

Nov. 24, 2015

Stand sometime in the midst of a typical Texas pasture. Everything is contained, with neat fencerows and grass kept short by the relentless grazing of cows. It’s silent and still, with no movement or sound of wildlife. Peaceful and pastoral? Or does it lack life force, like a painting?