Wild DFW: A Deep Dive into North Texas Ecotone & its Natural Wonders

March 23 Sat at 10 am to noon
Hike the Blackjack Trail at 12:30 pm

Wild DFW: A Deep Dive into North Texas Ecotone & its Natural Wonders

LLELA education center
201 E Jones St, Lewisville, TX 75057

Mention you are attending the lecture to have gate fee waived.

Presented by Friends of LLELA https://www.friendsofllela.org/`

Author Amy Martin shares the fun yet nerdy naturalist material from Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth. Why is North Texas an epic ecotone? What is the Great Trinity Forest the easternmost example of? How do tilted layers of bedrock shape our three ecoregions, foster a plethora of soil types, and lead to our plant and wildlife diversity? From the ancient inland ocean and melting ice caps that forged North Texas, to the goliath creeks and many forks of the Trinity, get clear on how water shapes our local landscape. Discover places to experience these tenets firsthand. Enjoy astounding photography by skilled naturalists of hardwood bottomland forests and Eastern Cross Timbers, soaring limestone escarpments, lush wetlands, and rare remnants of Blackland and Fort Worth Prairies. Get to know a diverse community of volunteers working for nature.

Stay afterward and enjoy a Spring Equinox walk the Blackjack Trail, recreating the hike from LLELA’s chapter in Wild DFW. Amy and Vinny Merrill will do their best to channel Scott Keister by pointing out the creek where ebonywing damselflies can be found, places where the Blackland Prairie and Eastern Cross Timbers intersect, and the borrow pit for the Lewisville Lake dam dirt as an example of go-back land gone bad.

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