Take your family on a Scavenger Hunt in our Preserve – A family-friendly activity at Spring Creek Preserve is this scavenger hunt created by our friends at Garland Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts!
Help save the birds
Lights out Texas is a campaign of education, awareness, and action that focuses on turning off your outside lights at night from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the spring and fall migrations to help protect the billions of migratory birds that fly over Texas annually.
“Every Texan can participate in protecting our feathered friends by simply turning off their lights at night…Taking action now is vital because every spring and fall, between a third and a quarter of all birds migrating at night through the United States, travel through Texas.” – Former First Lady and Texan by Nature Founder, Laura Bush
Speaker Series – Carol Garrison – The Incredible Importance of Bats – Tuesday, October 4 – 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Zoom meeting
Garrison is a certified Bat Ambassador with Bat Conservation International and a Certified Interpretive Guide through the National Association of Interpreters. She has been a North Texas Master Naturalist since 2015. Garrison has two careers. She is an orthotist/prosthetist who makes artificial limbs and braces. In addition, she is an education coordinator at the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center. Garrison also serves on other boards, gardens, collects litter and makes observations for iNaturalist. Her favorite walking area is the Spring Creek Forest Preserve.
Monthly Work Session – Saturday, October 8 – 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Halff Park on Ranger Drive
Participants will break into teams. Each team will have a knowledgeable volunteer. You could be clearing trails, taking out invasive plants, opening up the prairies, even picking up trash. For last-minute information, especially if the weather is questionable, check our website or Facebook page for updates.
- Each work session begins with a safety briefing.
- Bring water.
- Wear heavy work gloves, long pants, protective eyewear and sturdy shoes (no sandals) for protection from poison ivy and thorns.
- If you have them, bring loppers and/or small tree saws.
- All participants and the parents of minors must sign our Liability Waiver.
- All minors 16 years and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
- For Master Naturalists, this may count as Volunteer Hours on the Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest project.
4th Sunday Nature Walk – Bill Holston conducts hike through big trees – Oct. 23 – 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Halff Park at Ranger Drive
This two-mile hike will go through some of the second growth forest and access the part of the forest featuring some of the largest oaks and understory trees like Mexican Plum and Eastern Wahoo. Holston has been hiking since he was an Eagle Scout in the 1970s. He became a Texas Master Naturalist in 2011. He hikes most weekends at Spring Creek. In addition, he writes about his hiking adventures in a column for D magazine, Law Man Walking and penned the Ultimate Hiking Guide to Dallas – D Magazine. Holston is a human rights lawyer at the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas.
Become a society member
The society’s only means of financial support is through memberships. Join us today or give a gift membership. Download form: https://springcreekforest.org/join/.
Make a donation
Donations help the volunteer Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest offer public lectures, conduct habitat management workdays and offer public nature walks. Mail tax-deductible remittance to: Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest, Attn: Treasurer, P.O. Box 450176, Garland, TX 75045-0176.
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