Tandy Hills Natural Area
...a 220-acre indigenous prairie remnant located in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas.
WHAT WE DO
We promote the conservation and restoration of Tandy Hills Natural Area (THNA) as a rare remaining example of native prairie that is indigenous to much of the Fort Worth area.
We strive to increase awareness of the importance of protecting and preserving natural areas through community engagement, various outdoor education programs and volunteer opportunities.
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.”
— Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
GIVE THE GIFT OF PRAIRIE BEAUTY
Celebrate Fort Worth’s native wildflowers with Prairie Wildflowers Illustrated by artist Debora Young — part field guide, part art book supporting Tandy Hills.
Every purchase supports restoration and education at Tandy Hills Natural Area.
Our Latest VIDEO
Before DFW was cars and concrete, it was prairie 🌾 This is a cool as heck 200-acre remnant called Tandy Hills that includes rocky limestone and marl soils, has over 1,500 documented plant species including several rare and endemic species. This is in Forth Worth, part of the Eastern Cross Timbers which lies directly west of the Blackland Prairie ecosystem where Dallas is. DFW, this is in your backyard!! Take your kids, your friends, go walk it, and help protect the last pieces of this ecosystem.
TANDY HILLS LEXICON
For newcomers to Tandy Hills, I've created a Lexicon of Tandy Hills, from A to Z, to demonstrate in a few photos the amazing diversity of flora and fauna present in this one-of-a-kind place. We hope it inspires you to help us protect and preserve it and, if you can, to Become a Friend of Tandy Hills with a tax-deductible donation.
Don Young
Kids on the Prairie Field Journal
Our free download of the award-winning, STEAM standard field journal for student field trips at Tandy Hills is supported with a generous grant from the Greater Fort Worth Group of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.
