{"id":31,"date":"2021-01-13T00:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T00:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-11-23T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:00:06","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A journalist and writer for over 40 years based in Dallas, <strong>Amy Martin<\/strong> has alternated between environment and entertainment. Her varied career in journalism is laced with activism and leadership, and infused with a deep spirituality and concern for the Earth. She now serves as senior features reporter for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.GreenSourceTexas.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.GreenSourceTexas.org\/\">Green Source Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amy-portr2020-900p.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" style=\"width:297px;height:297px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amy-portr2020-900p.jpg 900w, https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amy-portr2020-900p-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amy-portr2020-900p-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amy-portr2020-900p-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wilddallasfortworth.com\/wild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amy-portr2020-900p-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of Amy Martin by Stalin SM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Martin is currently writing the biography of Ned Fritz, Texas&#8217; most famous environmentalist and nature preserver. Read the crowdfunded ebook at the website,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nedfritz.com\/\">Ned Fritz Legacy<\/a>, where you can peruse finished chapters and see what&#8217;s upcoming. Scheduled for completion late 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin was contributing editor and Dear Garbage columnist for the national magazine Garbage (recycling and features) and has written for <em>Dallas Morning News<\/em> (recycling),&nbsp;<em>Dallas Observer<\/em> (music and comedy), TheaterJones (comedy, magic, and cirque), and <em>D<\/em> magazine and <em>Dallas Times Herald<\/em> (performing arts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find her writings at <a href=\"https:\/\/moonlady.com\/\">Moonlady.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prior books include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itchy.biz\/\">Itchy Business: How to Treat the Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Rash, Prevent Exposure and Eradicate the Plant<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/moonlady.com\/moonlady-media\/\">Holy Smoke: Loose Herbs &amp; Hot Embers for Intense Group Smudges &amp; Smoke Prayers<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Speaking-Mother-Earth-John-McMurphy\/dp\/0963548778\/\">Speaking of Mother Earth<\/a> (co-author).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin sits on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/plandev\/openspaces\/\">Dallas County Open Space&#8217;s Trails and Preserves Program<\/a>. She is a team leader for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100083520874390\">Ned &amp; Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Restoration<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61563156914802\">Friends of Piedmont Ridge<\/a>. She managed wildlife habitat rehabilitation on a private nature preserve in northeast Texas for twelve years, including converting fifteen acres of pasture into tallgrass prairie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A journalist and writer for over 40 years based in Dallas, Amy Martin has alternated between environment and entertainment. 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