We invite you to a special hike with Director of LLELA, Richard Freiheit, and UNT Ecology instructor Dr. Jaime Baxter-Slye at the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area on June 10th starting at 8am. Richard and Jaime are excited to provide a tour of the Barn Owl Ridge, an area within LLELA Read more…
Prairie Time in North Texas The Fort Worth Chapter has an action-packed 2023. Save these dates for early 2023. Detailed information and links to register in February newsletter. More dates for hikes, workshops, and field trips coming soon! Prairie Seekers Spring 2023 The next installment of the Prairie Seekers Toolbox Read more…
Join us on this hike to see some endemic Texas flora at the intersection between Fort Worth Prairie & Western Cross Timbers. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lbj-national-grasslands-hike-fort-worth-prairie-western-cross-timbers-tickets-306185788937 We will explore examples of a Western Cross Timbers Post Oak/Blackjack woodland with scattered prairie openings. The topography is mostly flat, with moderate sandy slopes Read more…
Ray Roberts Lake State Park – Isle du Bois Unit Field Trip Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:00am – 1:00pm 100 PW 4137 Pilot Point, TX 76258 South side of Ray Roberts Lake Meet at 9:00 inside the entrance at the parking lot. A $7.00 entrance fee applies. Join us for a Read more…
Skip Barnett Ranch Field Trip Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:00am – 1:00pm Western Denton Co. (bordering Denton and Wise Co.) 13813 N. County Line Rd. Ponder, TX 76359 We will visit the Skip Barnett Ranch, which has been in family ownership since 1888. Located about 15 miles west of Denton Read more…
LLELA Nursery & Restoration Tour Saturday, May 13, 2017 9:00am – 1:00pm Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) Lewisville, TX http://llela.unt.edu/ We will start at 9:00am with a tour of the nursery, then afterwards we will walk out to the prairie for a talk on their restoration practices. Meet at Read more…
Fossil Hill Hike @ Lake Amon Carter (south of Bowie) Field Trip Saturday, May 6, 2017 8:30am – 2:00pm *RSVP REQUIRED! There is a limit of 20 participants, with a max of 6 cars. 10 spots are already filled by attendees from Elm Fork MN and the Trinity Forks NPSOT, Read more…
Thora Hart Park Hike Saturday, April 29, 2017 9:00am – 11:00am 3510 W Green Oaks Blvd. Arlington, TX 76016 Join us for a stroll through this excellent 10 acre example of Eastern Cross Timbers Post Oak and Blackjack woodlands, with scattered prairie openings. The park may look like the typical Read more…
Chalk Mountain Ranch Field Trip Saturday, April 22, 2017 8:30am A Texas Land Conservancy easement – 351 acres Glen Rose, TX http://www.texaslandconservancy.org/lands/properties-list/central-north-texas/131-chalk-mountain-ranch-somervell-county Meet at 8:30am in Glen Rose at the Brookshire’s parking lot. We will travel from there to stop and see a recently discovered rare plant species for North Read more…
Southwest Nature Preserve iNaturalist Challenge Saturday, April 15, 2017 1:00pm – 4:00pm 5201 Bowman Springs Road Arlington, TX 76017 Join us with your cameras and smartphones to participate in the iNaturalist Challenge, documenting all living species. See link below. This will be a fun competition between DFW, Austin and Houston. This Read more…