FOCP Quarterly Meeting
When: Tuesday, September 27th 6:30 - 7:30
Where: Kidd Springs Rec Center, 711 W Canty St, Dallas, TX 75208
Sponsored by: The Friends of Oak Cliff Parks
Speaker: Rick Buckley
Cost: Free, no reservation needed
All About Greenspace Dallas
FOCP Fall Quarterly Meeting, Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 6:30 - 7:30.
Greenspace Dallas is the foremost champion of Dallas urban wilderness. Their
mission is to regenerate, sustain, and improve the Dallas Elm Fork Green Belt
and Great Trinity Forest by developing community-based partnerships that
educate and empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote
environmental stewardship. Everyone deserves a green, healthy, and resilient
environment. Our speaker, Rick Buckley, executive director, will be there to tell
you all about their program and many accomplishments.
Sponsored by: The Friends of Oak Cliff Parks
Location: Kidd Springs Rec Center
Address: 711 W Canty St, Dallas, TX 75208
FOCP Tree Id Walk
When: Sunday, October 9th, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Where: Kiest Conservation Area, 2179 W. Kiest Blvd. Dallas 75224
Cost: free, bottled water provided
Guide: Karen Woodard
Need more info: info@friendsofoakcliffparks.org
Join the Friends of Oak Cliff Parks for a walk around the native prairie meadow and
through the woods at the Kiest Conservation Area in Oak Cliff. Our guide is Karen
Woodard, respected guest speaker and city of Dallas arborist/forester. Karen came to
the City of Dallas in 2008 and has degrees in Horticulture, Environmental Science and
Master of Science in Forestry. She came to the City of Dallas from the Texas Forest
Service where she worked as a Regional Urban Forester, with her last assignment
being the Hurricane Rita Urban Tree Recovery Project. Karen is the City Forester,
assisting all departments with tree issues and teaches/trains both the City of Dallas
personnel and the public on all things trees. She has 17 years of experience in forestry.
The conservation area is a 79 acre tract of land with a six acre island of native Texas
escarpment prairie. Over 150 wildflower and grass species were identified by master
naturalist legend Jim Varnum nine years ago. While you’re there, visit the newly opened
“Meadow Loop” trail. Everyone is invited and there is NO charge. Closed toe shoes are
recommended. Water and insect repellant will be provided. The parking area is in the
field at the southeast corner of the Hampton Rd / Kiest Blvd. intersection (roughly 40
yards south of the intersection). Park in the far back right corner of the field, by the
kiosk.
***Note: The above address for the Conservation Area is the address for the Kiest
Tennis Center, which is within the Conservation Area. Do not park there. Instead, you
will need to another quarter of a mile to the intersection of Hampton and Kiest and enter
the parking area (off Hampton) at the southeast corner of that intersection. Park at the
kiosk. Sponsored by the Friends of Oak Cliff Parks.
