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Ned Fritz (Edward C. Fritz)Ned Fritz (Edward C. Fritz)
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His love of nature defined him.
It was contagious.
Everyone who walked with him in the woods
became a nature advocate.
– Eileen Fritz McKee
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Next Saturday is Ned Fritz Day!

Next Saturday is Ned Fritz Day!

Sep 18, 2022

Next Saturday is Ned Fritz Day! Seriously! Officially decreed on a state and local level. So for the next 7...

Ned Fritz Scholarship 2022 Recipient: Heather van Waasbergen

Ned Fritz Scholarship 2022 Recipient: Heather van Waasbergen

Sep 5, 2022

The Health of the Planet and its Wildlife is in Her Hands by Amy Martin A small pond can make...

Fine Dining with Ned

Fine Dining with Ned

Aug 20, 2022

I’ve written many obits and elegies and thought that writing Ned Fritz’s biography would be the same. The person lives...

Winnowing the Ned Fritz Archives

Aug 7, 2022

By Amy Martin Winnow, verb, To blow a current of air through grain to remove the chaff. Similar: Separate, divide,...

Ned Fritz Legacy: An Online Biography

Ned Fritz Legacy: An Online Biography

May 5, 2022

Rare is the day you are not impacted by Ned Fritz, February 8, 1916 – December 19, 2008.  Ned was...

How This Project Came to Be

How This Project Came to Be

May 5, 2022

Amy Martin’s first journalism award was bestowed at the young age of 22 by Ned and his group Texas Committee...

Ned Fritz Legacy Launch Party

Ned Fritz Legacy Launch Party

Apr 24, 2022

At the picnic pavilion at the Ned and Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail, Genie is holding court. Her face projects...

Oh, THAT Beth Johnson

Oh, THAT Beth Johnson

Mar 22, 2022

I’d heard so much from Janice Bezanson and others about Beth Johnson who was Ned’s right-hand gal for many years...

The Legendary Janice Bezanson

The Legendary Janice Bezanson

Mar 17, 2022

A splendid Zoom interview with Janice Bezanson, one of the early directors of Ned’s Texas Committee on Natural Resources and...

What It Takes

Mar 15, 2022

Ned Fritz Legacy: An Online Biography is essentially a book, but online so that it can be free for anyone...

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Recent Posts

  • Ned Fritz: From Bachman Greenbelt to Texas Wilderness January 31, 2026
  • Genie Fritz: One year after her passing December 5, 2025
  • November Ned & Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Restoration Day October 27, 2025
  • Trinity River talk for World Rivers Day with Amy Martin – Sept 28 Sun September 24, 2025
  • Ned Fritz Legacy & Texas Buckeye Trail at First Unitarian Connection Sunday September 16, 2025
  • Sept to Dec 2025 Events at Ned & Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail September 9, 2025
  • Ned Fritz Day walk in the Bonton Woods – Sept 21 Sun September 9, 2025
  • Ned & Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail restoration day – Sept 20 Sat September 9, 2025
  • Final Book from Ned’s Library Finds a Home at South Dallas Cultural Center May 19, 2025
  • Mother’s Day Walk in honor of Genie Fritz on the Texas Buckeye Trail April 24, 2025

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