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Where The Red Fern Looking Stuff Grows, Breakfast Hike At The Pemberton Farm

Posted on November 15, 2011 by admin

“I’d like to take a walk far back in the flinty hills and search for a souvenir, an old double-bitted ax stuck deep in the side of a white oak tree. I know the handle has long since rotted away with time. Perhaps the rusty frame of a coal-oil lantern still hangs there on the …

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Trinity River Beavers at Miller’s Ferry Crossing

Posted on November 9, 2011 by admin

Beaver at Trinity River Wetlands Miller’s Ferry near sunset Tucked away in a desolate remote and forgotten part of Dallas resides a family of beavers. That’s how most of my posts seem to start. Not so this time! Did not have to travel into one of the remote parts of the woods to find this. …

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Texas Drought 2011 and a tale of two summers

Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin

Joppa residents at Trinity River Wetland Cells September 2011 With summer in the rear view mirror maybe now would be a good time to see what impact the historic Texas drought of 2011 had on the Great Trinity Forest. The summer of 2011 broke over a dozen long standing records in Dallas. Most 100 degree …

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A Dallas whitetail fawn, a success story in feral hog eradication

Posted on September 28, 2011 by admin

Whitetail fawn Great Trinity Forest, McCommas Bluff September 2011 Feral hogs. Al-Qaeda on four legs. The Great Trinity Forest grows them big. Some weigh more than Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen. With an unlimited food supply, water, shelter and freedom from hunters the pigs for better lack of a term can go hog wild within the …

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One Last Trail Ride On The Old Trinity Trail

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

Airborne Horse For over a century, Simpson Stuart Road has quietly disappeared into the riverbottoms of the Trinity River. Making a transition from concrete to asphalt to gravel to dirt to pecan covered forest floor in under a mile. The loud traffic of jake braking 18 wheelers carrying their burden to the McCommas Bluff Landfill …

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Coombs Creek Trail Oak Cliff

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

Coombs Creek Trail along Kessler Parkway The handful of times I have ridden this trail it seems I am shadowed by house gawkers driving up Kessler Parkway in their vehicles at 10 mph looking at the homes that line the street. Time to get out of your cars and hit the trail. Part of the …

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Dallas Trinity River Levee Trail and new Trinity Trail Initiative

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin

Running through the heart of Dallas at 30 feet high and over 24 miles in length, the Trinity River levees in Dallas have a combined 40 miles of dirt access roads open to the public. An additional 9 miles of soft surface trail are currently under construction inside the levees. The end goal is to …

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Santa Fe Trestle Trail Construction

Posted on August 27, 2011 by admin

Bridging the Trinity River at the end of the Central Dallas floodway, the old Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Trestle is being retrofitted into a hike and bike path. Below are some recent photos from August 2011 showing the most recent construction progress. The Oak Cliff (south) side of the path is largely complete. …

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Water Utility Project Clearcuts Portion Of McCommas Bluff Preserve

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

I’m somewhat disappointed to see Dallas Water Utilities flexing their muscle on a project at McCommas Bluff Preserve. Over the years that I have been mountain biking in the Great Trinity Forest I have always brushed off right-of-way clearings, alignments and heavy construction. Newly cleared access roads and water main excavations have always opened new …

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Trinity River Trail Phase II Construction

Posted on August 15, 2011 by admin

Trinity River Trail Bridge Dallas Texas What has been a sleepy old ranch road for over a century in South Dallas is now being transformed into Phase II of the Trinity Trail. Featuring a new bridge over the Trinity, the trail will serve as a backbone to connect north and south, east and west. Horseback …

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