Friends of LLELA

The Table Dallas Donates Benches for Friends of LLELA Educational Outreach

Look at these fabulous benches! Friends of LLELA is grateful to The Table Dallas, a congregation that meets at The Mill Street House, for the donation. Notice how they are of different heights, so the benches nest and store easily. So cool! Those are students of LLELA’s Natural Pathways eco-career development group trying them out. These […]

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LLELA’s Diversity of Bats

Features / By amy

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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Full Circle Race — great fun in the LLELA landscape

Features / By amy

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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First 2025 Friends of LLELA general meeting was great success!

Features / By amy

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”

Features / By amy

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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Eagle Scout project to tackle invasive privet at LLELA on Feb 1 Sat

Events, Features / By amy

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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Lewisville ISD Plant-a-Thon at LLELA

Features / By amy

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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Elm Fork Texas Master Naturalists Annual New Class Visit to LLELA

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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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