Fort Worth Chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas (FW-NPAT) – John Bunker Sands Wetland Center

Please text or email reservations for all hikes to Jeff Quayle or register through our sponsor - FW-NPAT at www.texasprairie.org Jeff's cell 817-729-0283 Jeff's email squayle2000@gmail.com Please provide your email and cell number when registering, in case there are any last-minute weather cancellations, changes, or updates to any hikes. Start and end times are estimated. ... Read More →

Penitentiary Hollow Wild Walk at the Lake Mineral Wells State Park

Lake Mineral Wells State Park Penitentiary Hollow Wild Walk 100 Park Road 71 Mineral Wells, TX 76067 www.tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lake-mineral-wells Saturday, March 16th 10am – 1pm *Optional lunch afterwards Natty Flat Smokehouse 401 SW 1st St Mineral Wells, TX 76067 Register here: www.texasprairie.org/event/lake-mineral-wells-state-park/

Spring Creek Forest Preserve

Spring Creek Forest Preserve Lee F. Jackson unit 1770 Holford Rd, Garland, TX 75044 www.springcreekforest.org Tuesday, March 19th 9am - 12pm Hike #1 in Amy Martin’s Wild DFW  

Marion Sansom Park

Marion Sansom Park 2501 Roberts Cut Off Road Fort Worth, TX 76114 www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/parks/parks-and-trails/marion-sansom-park Tuesday, March 26th 9am – 12pm *Optional lunch afterwards at Navajo Burgers (7028 Navajo Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76135) Register here: www.texasprairie.org/event/marion-sansom-park-hike/

Kachina Prairie Tour

Kachina Prairie Tour (organized by TPWD biologist Taylor Garrison) Thurs., Mar 28th 9am - 12pm I am pleased to announce a field tour at Kachina Prairie Park on Thursday, March 28th, between 9am and 12pm. Kachina Prairie is a Blackland prairie remnant located within the city limits of Ennis, TX. It is managed by the Texas... Read More →

Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center

Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center walk with Jeff Quayle 1206 FM 1382 Cedar Hill, TX 75104 www.dogwood.audubon.org Tuesday, April 2nd 9am - 12pm Hike #15 in Amy Martin’s Wild DFW, page 285. Flowering Dogwoods should be in bloom. Dogwood Canyon has the only known population of Flowering Dogwoods in North Texas. David Hurt will be joining... Read More →

New & Genie Fritz Buckeye Trail

Ned & Genie Fritz Buckeye Trail 7000 Bexar St, Dallas, TX 75215 www.nedfritz.com Tuesday, April 9th 9am - 12pm Hike #11 in Amy Martin’s Wild DFW, page 259

Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve

Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve 2801 E Spring Creek Pkwy Plano, TX 75074 www.plano.gov/1476/Oak-Point-Park-Nature-Preserve Tuesday, April 16th 9am – 12pm Hike #9 in Amy Martin’s Wild DFW, page 244

Chalk Mountain Ranch Prairie Tour

Chalk Mountain Ranch Prairie Tour (Somervell Co.) 5176 County Road 2013 Walnut Springs, TX 76690 www.texaslandconservancy.org/tlc-stories/answering-a-call-to-the-land Saturday, April 20th 8:30am – 1:30pm Meet in Glen Rose at the Brookshire’s at 8:30am. 607 SW Big Bend Trail Glen Rose, TX 76043 Register here: www.texasprairie.org/event/chalk-mountain-ranch-prairie-tour-somervell-co/v

Goat Island Preserve

Goat Island Preserve *Managed by Dallas County Open Space 2800 Post Oak Rd., Hutchins, TX 75141 www.dallascounty.org/departments/plandev/openspaces/locations/10-goat-island.php Tuesday, April 23rd 9am – 12pm Hike #13 in Amy Martin’s Wild DFW, page 271

Old Zoo Nature Trails @ Lake Cisco

Old Zoo Nature Trails @ Lake Cisco walk with Jeff Quayle Eastland County County Road 112, Cisco, TX 76437 www.texasmonthly.com/travel/explore-old-zoo-north-texas-town-cisco/ Tuesday, April 30th 9am – 12pm Register here: www.texasprairie.org/event/old-zoo-nature-trails-lake-cisco-hike-eastland-county/

Ray Roberts Lake State Park (Isle du Bois unit)

Ray Roberts Lake State Park (Isle du Bois unit) 100 PW 4137 Pilot Point, TX 76258 www.tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/ray-roberts-lake Tuesday, May 7th 9am – 1pm Hike #18 in Amy Martin’s Wild DFW, page 308 Register here: www.texasprairie.org/event/34703/

Sid Richardson Tract (Prairie Remnant at Lake Benbrook)

Sid Richardson Tract (prairie remnant at Lake Benbrook) walk with Jeff Quayle *Managed by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 8032 Old Granbury Road Crowley, TX 76036 www.greensourcedfw.org/articles/corps-preserves-some-last-fort-worth-prairies Tuesday, May 14th 8:30am – 12:30pm Register here: www.texasprairie.org/event/sid-richardson-tract-prairie-remnant-at-benbrook-lake-hike/

Rock Creek Ranch Park BioBlitz

Rock Creek Ranch Park BioBlitz with Jeff Quayle (City of Fort Worth’s newest park acquisition) Saturday, May 18th 8:30am – 1pm Address will be given when you register. Register here:  www.texasprairie.org/event/bioblitz-at-rock-creek-ranch-park-in-fort-worth-with-jeff-quayle/

Oakmont Park Prairie Tour with Jeff Quayle

Oakmont Park Prairie Tour 7000 Bellaire Dr S Fort Worth, TX 76132 www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/parks/parks-and-trails/oakmont-park Tuesday, May 21st 8:30am – 12:30pm @At the intersection of Bellaire Dr S & Oakmont Blvd, take a left and meet in the large parking lot on the right. Register here:  https://texasprairie.org/event/oakmont-park-prairie-tour/  

Camp Leroy Shuman BioBlitz (iNaturalist)

Camp Leroy Shuman BioBlitz (using iNaturalist) Lake Worth, Tarrant Co. Sat., Sept 21st 9am - 12pm When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Sept 16th. Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307168 There... Read More →

Soldier Spring Park

Soldier Spring Park Weatherford, Parker Co. Tues., Oct 1st 9am - 1pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307175 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Sept 26th. No restrooms on site unless... Read More →

Soldier Spring Park Hike, Weatherford, Parker Co.

Tuesday, October 1st; 9 am - 1 pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307175 No restrooms on site unless there are open restrooms by the baseball fields. During the Civil War era, Confederate Soldiers used the area as a campsite.   We will meet at 8:45am on the parking lot next to the Vietnam Memorial on Thrush St.... Read More →

Cross Timbers Park BioBlitz (iNaturalist)

Cross Timbers Park Bioblitz (using iNaturalist) North Richland Hills, Tarrant Co. Sat., Oct 5th 9am - 1pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307195 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Sept 30th.... Read More →

Cross Timbers Park BioBlitz (using iNaturalist), North Richland Hills, Tarrant Co.

Sat., Oct 5th 9am - 1pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307195 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Sept 30th. Restrooms may be unavailable, depending on whether the restrooms are open... Read More →

Dynamite & Mill Creek Ranches Tour

Dynamite & Mill Creek Ranches Tour Milford, Ellis & Hill Co. Tues., Oct 8th 9am – 12:30pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307219 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 1st.... Read More →

Dynamite & Mill Creek Ranches Tour (booked at 50% capacity), Milford, Ellis & Hill Co.

Tues., Oct 8th 9am – 12:30pm   Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307219   When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 1st. Located near Milford and Italy, the Dynamite and Mill... Read More →

Fossil Hill

Fossil Hill Bowie, Montague Co. Sat., Oct. 12th 8:30am – 1:30pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307225 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 7th. We will meet at 8:30am at... Read More →

Powelldale Mountain

Powelldale Mountain Lake Whitney, Bosque Co. Tues., Oct. 15th 9am – 1pm Register https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307229 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 10th. No restrooms on site. You’ll need... Read More →

Powelldale Mountain, Lake Whitney, Bosque Co.

Tues., Oct. 15th 9am – 1pm   Register https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307229 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 10th. No restrooms on site. You’ll need to make a pitstop somewhere... Read More →

Chalk Mountain Ranch Prairie Tour

Chalk Mountain Ranch Prairie Tour Walnut Springs, Somervell Co. Sat., Oct. 19th 9am – 1pm Register https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307238 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 14th. Restrooms will be... Read More →

Chalk Mountain Ranch Prairie Tour, Walnut Springs, Somervell Co.

Sat., Oct. 19th 9am – 1pm Register https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307238 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 14th. Restrooms will be available if the property owner is there, but make... Read More →

LBJ National Grasslands, Unit #2

LBJ National Grasslands, unit #2 Decatur, Wise Co. Tues., Oct. 22nd 8:30am - 1pm Register https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307245 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 17th. Restrooms are available at... Read More →

LBJ National Grasslands, unit #2, Decatur, Wise Co.

Tues., Oct. 22nd 8:30am - 1pm   Register https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307245 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 17th. Restrooms are available at the TXDOT rest area, but not on... Read More →

Meridian State Park

Meridian State Park Meridian, Bosque Co. Tues., Oct. 29th 9am - 1pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307248 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 24th. After arriving, checking in at... Read More →

Meridian State Park, Meridian, Bosque Co.

Tues., Oct. 29th 9am - 1pm   Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307248 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 24th. After arriving, checking in at the front office, then we... Read More →

Lake Mineral Wells State Park

Lake Mineral Wells State Park Mineral Wells, Parker Co. Tues., Nov 5th 9am - 1pm Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307251 When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 31st. We will... Read More →

Lake Mineral Wells State Park, Mineral Wells, Parker Co.

Tues., Nov 5th 9am - 1pm   Register here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1307251   When registering, please consider donating to NPAT. Your donation will help NPAT conserve, restore, & manage prairies while educating the public about the important role of prairies. The deadline to sign up is Oct 31st. We will meet at 8:45am at the entrance to... Read More →