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Autumn at the Arboretum Comes Alive This Weekend
The buzzy fall festival returns for its 16th year with a Bugtopia theme. Expect cooking classes, horticulture demos, petting zoos, and, of course, the iconic Pumpkin Village.
By Emily Heft
Nature & Environment
Great Shot of Micro Storm Over Downtown Dallas
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By Tim Rogers
Local News
What Dallas Can Do in the Fight Against Climate Change
A Q&A with an organizer from Sunrise Movement Dallas, part of a youth-led movement pushing elected officials to adopt stronger environmental policies.
By Alex Macon
Nature & Environment
Dallas’ Bright Lights Are Killing Migrating Birds
Light pollution is bad for the environment and bad for people. But it's really, really bad for the hundreds of millions of birds that fly overhead in the spring and fall.
By Alex Macon
Local Government
Dallas Quietly Made a Massive Park Acquisition Yesterday
The city approved the purchase of 120-acres of old growth forest in a part of Dallas in desperate need of public green space.
By Peter Simek
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Why You Really Can’t Swim in White Rock Lake
Yes, yes. There's the trash and the E. coli. But there's a historical reason, too.
By Tim Rogers
Education
Texas Trees Foundation Is Giving Away 500 Trees to Some Dallas Residents
The organization is on a mission to beautify the neighborhoods around four Dallas elementary schools. Here's how you can get involved.
By Lydia Brooks
Nature & Environment
The Future of Sustainable Food Packaging Is in Dallas
Two SMU grads founded PlantSwitch and, alongside the innovative force that is Sharina Perry, are taking composting takeout ware—straws, bags, cups—to an entirely new level.
By Rosin Saez
Nature & Environment
Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston
An osprey sighting over the Trinity River
By Tim Rogers
Local News
Shingle Mountain May Not Be Long for this World, After All
The city of Dallas is close to selecting a vendor to remove the enormous mound of shingles that has lived next to Marsha Jackson's home for nearly three years.
By Matt Goodman