VH IN PERSON Trinity Forest Buckeye Trail Project

Event:  Ned & Genie Fritz Buckeye Trail and Blair Park Trails Re-establishment Project

Date: Third Saturdays through May 2023

Time:  10:00 am–12:30 pm

Description:  Following directions from Dallas Park and Recreation, volunteers will help maintain the Buckeye and Bois d’arc Trails, as well as trails in the Blair Park Wilderness area. ID native plants and remove invasives. Add and/or maintain signage, lead trail walks, and educate the public about this natural resource.

Work Plan: For a complete project description visit: https://public.ntmn.org/ned-and-genie-fritz-trail  

Location/Parking/Meet At:  6915 Bexar St., Dallas 75215, near Bonton Farms.  Driving Directions.  If the cul-de-sac is full, park along Bexar.  On workdays, we meet at the circle concrete trail head over the levees.

Sign-up:  https://volunteersignup.org/KRDLE

Dress:  Routine dress code for activity in the field: Long-pants, boots/close-toed shoes; long-sleeved shirts are recommended.  Master Naturalists should wear their name badges.

Bring:  Drinking water, gloves, sunscreen, insect repellant

Contact:  Kristi Kerr Leonard – Kristi@TrinityCoalition.org  (preferred), or text/call: 214.676.5580

Logging VH:  VH should be logged as BPTMN: Other Riparian Restoration with “invasive plant removal/paddling trail” in the description box.  Travel to and from the work site may also be logged as VH.

Links for more information:

• Here is the project description on NTMN: https://public.ntmn.org/ned-and-genie-fritz-trail
• Here is the project description on Trinity Coalition (have to scroll down) website. Teresa also put it on the TC calendar.
  https://www.trinitycoalition.org/programs/greenspacedfw

Other Information:

All volunteers must sign a waiver from the City of Dallas to work on city property.  Per DPR, only hand tools are allowed for use by volunteers.

Linda Nixon
BPTMN Communications Director