From @science-dex:
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.

Broadcast Hill land acquisition by City of Fort Worth celebration

Prairie Fest 2006 Speeches

On January 28, 2017, a diverse group of 50 hard-working folks showed up at Tandy Hills for the 9th annual Brush Bash. With help from City of Fort Worth Park & Rec Dept., we reclaimed a big section of prairie, opening up views to the west not seen in more than 50 years. Learn more about this and other conservation and education programs at tandyhills.org.

Here's a fun little video from, April 22, Earth Day, 2014, when City Councilwoman, Kelly Allen Gray, awarded Friends of Tandy Hills with a Proclamation in honor of Prairie Fest. Left to right: Jim Marshall, Philip Hennen, Don Young, Debora Young, Anne Alderfer and Jenny Conn. April 22 is also the birthday of Tandy Hills Natural Area, the day the property was purchased by the city.

On April 22 - 23, 2016, Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area hosted the most comprehensive bioblitz in Texas. Dozens of the top scientists across the state descended on Tandy Hills to conduct a biological diversity inventory of all living species.

A short video by, Andrew Brinker, a participant in the Tandy Hills BioBlitz, a citizen science event with hundreds of people documenting species using iNaturalist.

Chicken Dance & Wooly Bully

NBC 5 TV segment "Where in North Texas" featuring Tandy Hills Natural Area. Aired during morning news on November 9, 2011.

Founder of Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area, on Talk Street with Scott Murray

Brave Combo, Katsuk, gorgeous Fort Worth's Tandy Hills Natural Area...what else do you need?

Prairie Fest Fort Worth, 2010