Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org)Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com July 2025 Special Update To all our friends of Spring Creek Forest and Park Preserve – an update on the destruction of more than a mile of Preserve Please come to the...
To all our friends of Spring Creek Forest and Park Preserve – an update on the destruction of more than a mile of Preserve Please come to the City Council work session at Garland City Hall Date: Monday, July 21, 2025 Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: Garland City Hall, 200 N. Fifth Street, Garland, TX 75040 On Monday, July 21, 6:00 p.m....
July 11, 2025, Society friend, Bill Holston, wrote an article on Spring Creek Forest for his D Magazine "Law Man Walking" column: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2025/07/city-of-garland-accidentally-plows-through-protected-forest/
July 1, 2025 – Excerpt from the July 2025 Announcements To all our friends of Spring Creek Forest and Park Preserve – Society leaders do not yet know the full details about the devastation created in the forest just prior to June 23 along Spring Creek from Halff Park all the way to North Garland Avenue. We do know a work crew thought they had...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org)Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com To all our friends of Spring Creek Forest and Park Preserve – Society leaders do not yet know the full details about the devastation created in the forest just prior to June...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org)Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com June 2025 Events – No events planned for June at this time. We assume it will be HOT outside! July 2025 Events – Visit our Society booth at Garland Red, White...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com Volunteers needed for this and that – small jobs to big jobs Contact springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com with your interest or suggestions. Work Session Volunteer: Now...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org)Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com April 2025 Events – Volunteers needed for this and that – small jobs to big jobs Contact springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com with your interest or suggestions.Trail...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com March 2025 Events – Speaker Series – Michael Smith, Mindfulness in Nature Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2025 Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Location: Currently meeting on Zoom Join Zoom...
At the January 2025 Executive Committee meeting, we were honored to recognize two of our long-serving volunteers, Secretary Ginny Wilcox and Treasurer Marvin Rogers. Award presented by Society President, David Parrish. Marvin Rogers – Honorary Lifetime Membership Luckily for the Society, Marvin Rogers decided to attend the 12th Annual Trout Lily...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org)Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com The Executive Committee was honored to award two individuals for their many years of service to the Preserve. At the January 2025 Executive Committee meeting, we...
At the January 2025 Executive Committee meeting, we were honored to recognize two of our long-serving volunteers, Secretary Ginny Wilcox and Treasurer Marvin Rogers. Award presented by Society President, David Parrish. Ginny Wilcox – Outstanding Service to Spring Creek Preserve Ginny Wilcox has been Secretary of the Executive Committee...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com Honoring Dana Wilson for Outstanding Service to Spring Creek Preserve At the holiday party on December 3, the Society’s Executive Committee was honored to award Dana Wilson for...
At the holiday party on December 3, the Society’s Executive Committee was honored to award Dana Wilson for her Outstanding Service to Spring Creek Preserve. Since 2001 when she completed her training for the North Texas Master Naturalist organization, she has always worked tirelessly toward making the Preserve a better place. She has been a...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org)Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com December Events 2024 – Holiday Party for Members Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Location: 5806 Firecrest Drive, Garland, TX Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. No speaker in...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org)Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com November Events 2024 – Speaker Series: Jake Poinsett – Wintering Sparrows of North Texas Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: ...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) Contact the Society: springcreekforestpreservation@gmail.com Dallas County Parks and Open Space - Master Plan Approved Two Years of Planning - September 3, 2024 - At the regular meeting of the Dallas County Commissioners...
September 3, 2024 was a big day for Dallas County Parks & Open Space (DCOS). During the regular meeting of the Dallas County Commissioners Court, the Dallas County Open Space Master Plan, two years in the making, was officially accepted by the commissioners. The previous plan was created over 30 years ago. Lenny Hughes of Halff Associates,...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest Educational and Service Activities (https://springcreekforest.org) North Texas Giving Day This year, on Thursday, September 19, Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest is participating in Communities Foundation of Texas' North Texas Giving Day, an online giving extravaganza for...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) New Outreach Materials – Thanks to a Grant from North Texas Master Naturalist Thanks to a very generous grant from the North Texas Master Naturalists, the Society has a brand new logo and fabulous outreach materials such as event flags,...
Excerpted from the Dallas Morning News, August 5, 2024 Urban wildlife comes alive as Dallas-Fort Worth goes to sleep By Jordan Chapman As urban sprawl continues, animals that once roamed in the daylight have been forced to come out at night, researchers say. Photo: Sam Kieschnick, of the Texas Department of Wildlife, points out the...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) Did you notice your Society's new logo? It represents our creek, our prairie, and the oak trees in our forest, We hope you like it. Events – July, August In July, and August, we take a break from our usual activities...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) Yes, it’s your Society with a cool new logo! It represents our creek, our prairie, and the oak trees in our forest, We hope you like it. Events – June, July, August In June, July, and August, we take a break from our...
Preservation Society for Spring Creek ForestPreserve, Educate, Collaborate (https://springcreekforest.org) See below for photos of the spectacular wildflower bloom on the Prairie at 1787 Holford Road. City Nature Challenge 2024 Observe species, photograph, post to iNaturalist, help DFW win Most observations for 2024. We want to beat...