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Ned Fritz (Edward C. Fritz)Ned Fritz (Edward C. Fritz)
Ned Fritz (Edward C. Fritz)Ned Fritz (Edward C. Fritz)
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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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...

A Very Fine Fritz Family Session

A Very Fine Fritz Family Session

Mar 13, 2022

Ned and Genie’s daughter, Gayle Fritz-Esarey, and her husband Mark Esarey are in town to help Genie with her taxes....

Essential Fundraising Step

Essential Fundraising Step

Mar 10, 2022

With our DBA papers in hand, Kristi and I open a bank account, creating a place for donations to the...

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Recent Posts

  • 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
  • 2025 Ned and Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Walks – note changed dates in late March/April March 4, 2025
  • Ned’s old group Save Open Space donates to scholarship fund February 20, 2025

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