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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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Ned achievement #1: Citizens Organization for a Sound Trinity
18 Sep
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Ned achievement #1: Citizens Organization for a Sound Trinity

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Ned achievement #1: In 1972, Ned formed a coalition called Citizens Organization for a Sound Trinity and inspired Dr James […]

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Next Saturday is Ned Fritz Day!
18 Sep
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Next Saturday is Ned Fritz Day!

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

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Ned Fritz Scholarship 2022 Recipient: Heather van Waasbergen
05 Sep
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Ned Fritz Scholarship 2022 Recipient: Heather van Waasbergen

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

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Fine Dining with Ned
20 Aug
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Fine Dining with Ned

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

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07 Aug
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Winnowing the Ned Fritz Archives

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

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Ned Fritz Legacy: An Online Biography
05 May
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Ned Fritz Legacy: An Online Biography

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

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How This Project Came to Be
05 May
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How This Project Came to Be

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

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Ned Fritz Legacy Launch Party
24 Apr
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Ned Fritz Legacy Launch Party

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

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Oh, THAT Beth Johnson
22 Mar
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Oh, THAT Beth Johnson

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

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The Legendary Janice Bezanson
17 Mar
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The Legendary Janice Bezanson

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

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Recent Posts

  • 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
  • Ned and Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Restoration — Feb. 22 Sat. February 11, 2025

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