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What is the Great Trinity Forest?

 Chris Jackson's DFW Urban Wildlife  20 Responses »
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What is the Great Trinity Forest?

The Great Trinity Forest—many have heard of it, but how many of us really know what it is? In the simplest terms, the Great Trinity Forest is roughly six thousand acres of mostly bottomland woods that follow the Trinity River and White Rock Creek as they flow through South Dallas. It is claimed to be

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Announcement – In Your Backyard

Update >>> In Your Backyard: Discovering Urban Wildlife is now available for sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble! The book also continues to be [...]

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Coyote – Close Encounter

This observation took place in the Great Trinity Forest just north of Interstate 20. I started this expedition at the Trinity River Audubon Center [...]

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Journal – Trinity River Adventure

Dateline – November 3, 2012

I recently had the great privilege of joining a small group of urban wilderness explorers on a canoe trip down the [...]

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Journal – Keep the Sun at Your Back

Dateline – October 20, 2013

If you are hoping to see wildlife it often pays to get an early start. A good plan is to [...]

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