A city sign designates a protected wildflower area at Lake Cliff Park. Photos by Monica Johnson.
May 13, 2016
The city of Dallas wants to give wildflowers more real estate.
Texas wildflowers, such as bluebonnets, primrose and Indian blanket, are more than just pretty scenery. They are vital sources of food and shelter to pollinators such as butterflies, bees, moths, birds and bats.
Local mycologist Dr. Denis Benjamin will speak at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth on May 7 from 8:30am-noon.
May 3, 2016
Over the centuries, they’ve been used for food, folk remedies, dyes and psychedelics. They come in all shapes and a variety of colors, still most people are only familiar with the mushrooms they see in the grocery store produce aisle.
May 3, 2016
Green Source DFW columnist Amy Martin recently published a book on poison ivy called Itchy Business. In this interview, Martin talks about the plant that inspired her to write the book and what she learned over the years from coping with it.
J
T: WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS BOOK?
A billboard advertises the Tandy Hills BioBlitz, in an effort to recruit public participation on Friday and Saturday. Photo courtesy of Don Young.
April 19, 2016
The 66-acre Coppell Nature Park opened on Earth Day 2014. Photos courtesy of Chris Jackson, DFWUrbanWildlife.com.
Feb. 16, 2016
The Dallas Landmark Commission began the process to protect a 15-acre parcel encompassing a natural spring in Dallas. Photo courtesy of Ben Sandifer/Dallas Trinity Trails.
Feb. 5, 2016
Feb. 2, 2016
Christopher Gibson is doing his part to cure nature deficit disorder.
The 48-year-old owner of the North Texas Outdoor Pursuit Center in Carrollton said he was inspired by the 2005 book The Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, which laments that people today are spending too much time indoors.
Jan. 19, 2016
I remember reading about how the Trinity River Audubon Center in Dallas was built on the site of a former landfill. However, it wasn’t until I saw the documentary Out of Deepwood that I appreciated that history.
Master furniture maker Alton Bowman led efforts to create the city's tree board as development threatened Flower Mound's tree canopy.
WATCH THE VIDEO OF ALTON BOWMAN
Jan. 5, 2016
Master furniture maker and conservator Alton Bowman knows the special qualities, colors and origins of an amazing array of woods.
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?