Discover the nature of North Texas from ancient times to the present in Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth, the latest book from naturalist and journalist Amy Martin. Over 350 color photos and 40 detailed maps are woven into this gorgeously laid out with condensed insight into the area’s natural history, ecology, and geography, and a field guide to over 100 species of flora and fauna.
Of the 25 eye-opening hiking adventures through rare prairies, diverse bottomland forests, limestone escarpments, Eastern Cross Timbers, wetlands, and more, one is dedicated to the Ned & Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail, paired with the adjacent Bonton Woods.
The Buckeye Trail was taken with the author and Kristi Kerr Leonard, who were joined by Eileen Fritz, Ned and Genie’s daughter. The trio hiked in March to see the Buckeye blooms. The chapter details Ned and Genie’s long history in leading annual buckeye bloom hikes, and Ned’s efforts to save the Great Trinity Forest from devastation by plans for a Trinity barge canal.
Photo of Eileen Fritz by Jennifer Weisensel.
