Hiking with Dogs: Essential Trail Etiquette & Safety Tips
If you are reading this, you are likely a dog lover like myself. I’ve always had dogs in my adult life, and think life without dogs would be a sad and cold world. Like the saying goes, we don’t deserve…
From Cleanups to Advocacy: How to Support Nature and Green Spaces in Dallas-Fort Worth
Don’t just enjoy nature, support it! Getting involved provides so many benefits for you, nature and our broader civic society. Your greenbelt needs you!
DFW Veloweb: Connecting North Texas, One Trail at a Time
Exciting plans are afoot to create a Regional Veloweb, as the disparate trails in North Texas are connected, allowing for uninterrupted access across DFW! Anybody who has tried to bike across town in North Texas has quickly realized that while…
App Review: AIDR
Summary: AIDR is a new app to help you with an emergency situation, even if you don’t have internet. This is a great resource to have on your phone, particularly if you like to explore in areas that may have…
Why are the Trails Closed?
You see it all the time online after a big rain, people flood social media asking if the trails are open or complaining about why they’re closed. For people used to the trails in other parts of the countryy, there…
Goats in the Greenbelt
If you haven’t seen the local news about this (Link, Link) we’ve got goats in the greenbelt! The Bachman Greenbelt to be more specific. The Dallas Parks Department recently announced the new goat program, soon after the goats arrived at…
App Review: Outdoor Explorer TX
Summary: Outdoor Explorer TX is an app that you will likely get a lot of use out of. I’ve been playing with it for a while now, and honestly it’s now one of my ‘go to’ tools for when I’m…
Book Review: Wild DFW
Summary: Wild DFW by Amy Martin is a beautiful love letter to not only the nature in and around Dallas / Fort Worth, but also the people and organizations that exist to support and protect it. A member of the…
Hiking: What You Need
Hiking is a bit like running, all you really need is shoes and get walking! You don’t need to spend a fortune to get started hiking, but you certainly can. If you read Outside magazine, you can spend all kinds…
Hiking in the Texas Heat
Ok Texans, you know the drill. July and August is when we pay the price for having such mild weather most of the year. This is when the mercury rises into the triple digits, and we are thankful for air…
