LLELA Summer Lecture Series: Desert Ecology and its Influence on North Texas Heat June 28 Sat –10 am to noon When people think of Texas weather, they often imagine a desert-like environment and are surprised by the humidity and rainfall of North Texas. Despite these differences, the southwestern deserts continue to have a significant impact […]
by Samra Jones Bufkins, Elm Fork Master Naturalists Texas is home to more than 30 species of bats, with at least seven known to live in Denton County. Texas’s large size, with most of the land privately owned, presents challenges to the study of these critical flying mammals. Their value for insect control and pollination
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Talk & Walk: Native Wildflowers & Nature Photography May 31 Saturday – 10 am to noon free with LLELA admission LLELA Education Building take first right after gatehouse, park, walk past picnic tables under trees and veer left Carol Clark, native plants, native bees, and monarch butterfly maven, will speak on Texas Native Wildflowers. Great
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Friends of LLELA May 2025 Quarterly Meeting Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Doors open for meet & greet at 6:00 pm Meeting from 6:30 to 8:00 pm Lewisville Thrive: Dogwood Room 3 — 1950 S Valley Pkwy, Lewisville, TX 75067 – Google maps The Friends of LLELA welcomes all residents from Lewisville and the surrounding areas to our
Friends of LLELA Birdwatching Mini Sit Fundraiser LLELA 201 E. Jones St. Lewisville [Entrance at Jones and Kealy only; not accessible from Hwy 121 via Fish Hatchery Rd] May 3 Saturday — 5:30 am to noon Friends of LLELA Mini Sit Birdwatching Fundraiaer May 3, 2025 ~ 5:30 am to noon. Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area — LLELA
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Friends of LLELA Annual BBQ & Bluegrass Fundraiser May 17, 2025 – 5:30 to 8:00 pm Lewisville’s Thrive Center 1950 South Valley Pkwy, Lewisville, TX 75057 A delightful evening under the stars: Doors open at 5:30 with dinner served at 6:00 and festivities wrapping up at 8:00 Dig into all-you-can-eat BBQ (two meats), two
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Perspective Pacing put on a great Full Circle Race at LLELA earlier in April. Over 125 racers participated, from a Youth Trail Run to a grueling marathon. Runners zoomed through LLELA’s deep forests with wildlife, open prairies with wildflowers, and mysterious wetlands with exotic birds. The racers return this fall for the Camino De Los
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LLELA FULL CIRCLE TRAIL RUN Saturday, April 12 from 7:30 to 10 am Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA, lee-lah) 201 E Jones St, Lewisville, TX 75057 LLELA Full CIrcle Trail Run is Friends of LLELA‘s biggest live fundraiser of the year — please join us! Race entry fees help support LLELA’s habitat and wildlife
The turnout for our first 2025 Friends of LLELA general meeting was fabulous — we filled the room at Thrive and then some! Of course, we had a great draw — author/playwright/actor David Marquis, reading from his books The River Always Wins and The River of Goodness. Mesmerizing! More on his books here. Amy Martin
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Friends of LLELA Lecture Series presents “Stay Safe on the Trails” Saturday, March 22 – 10 am to 12 pm LLELA Classroom: Take the first right after the gatehouse to the parking lot where the Blackjack Trailhead, greenhouse, and little buildings are. Look for the building with sunflowers on the front and a Sun and a
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And a River Runs Through LLELA: The metaphors of rivers with David Marquis Friends of LLELA winter meeting Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Doors open for meet & greet 6 pm; Meeting from 6:30 to 8 pm Lewisville Thrive: Dogwood Room 1950 S Valley Pkwy, Lewisville, TX 75067 Free and open to everyone from Lewisville
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All are invited to join this Eagle Scout project at LLELA. Reducing privet is the #1 thing we can do to improve wildlife habitat at LLELA. Here’s an article that’s essentially a privet primer and highlights Richard Freiheit’s efforts on privet management at LLELA.
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The class field trip to the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) is always a highlight of training for the Elm Fork chapter of Texas Master Naturalists, with a tour of the facility including a walk into prairie land that has been in the process of restoration for almost 20 years. Richard Freiheit, Associate Director and Conservation Manager,
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LLELA FULL CIRCLE TRAIL RUN Saturday, April 12 from 7:30 to 10 am Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA, lee-lah) 201 E Jones St, Lewisville, TX 75057 This is Friends of LLELA‘s biggest live fundraiser of the year — please join us! Trail runs include 5k, 10k, 13 mi, and 26 mi, plus Youth
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A terrific Instagram post from Lewisville ISD: In a partnership between Lewisville ISD, the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA), the City of Lewisville, the Army Corps of Engineers and the University of North Texas, 7th grade students in LISD have had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with prairie conservation efforts in our
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Just Dig It! Practical Ideas for Adding Native Plants to Your Yard Saturday January 18, 2025 9 am to 2:30 pm Lewisville Thrive, Dogwood Room 1950 S Valley Pkwy. Lewisville, TX 75067 Keynote Speaker: Noted horticulture author Neil Diboll, owner of Prairie Nursery, consulting ecologist, and author of The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants, will present via Zoom: Prairie Garden Design
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The annual appreciation dinner in November for LLELA volunteers was a blast. Joining the volunteers were various staff dignitaries, some bearing big news. But first the stats. From Erin Piper, City of Lewisville Outdoor Recreation Supervisor: 84 programs 960 participants 8242 hours of programming interacted, taught, and entertained 1906 children from the age of 18
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The Elm Fork Chapter Texas Master Naturalists’ new 2024 class made their annual field trip to LLELA. Marissa Shaw, Field Trip Coordinator, filed this report: What a wonderful day it was at LLELA yesterday. Our Class of TMN- EFC 2024 were very impressed! Your team pulled together and did a fabulous job of presenting LLELA
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There’s a new environmental educator at LLELA! And she’s a pelican! Well, maybe not. But interpretative park ranger Addy France is superb at getting kids excited about nature and the pelicans they might see on the Elm Fork. Please welcome Addy, who says “Speak for the trees and bees.” Photo by Sue Yost.
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LLELA Open House Saturday, October 12, 2024 10 am to 2 pm 300 E. Jones St. Lewisville, TX 75057 Free admission and fun activities put on by the city of Lewisville! Take part in the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Pollinator BioBlitz. Check out demonstrations and fun stuff at all trailheads. Special Mariposas monarch migration
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