Lights Out Texas organizers ask that residents, building managers and businesses turn off their outdoor lights from 11 p.m. till 6 a.m. from Aug. 15 to Nov. 30 to prevent bird deaths. Outdoor lighting distracts and confuses migrating birds who typically fly at night.

Peak fall migration season is Sept. 5 to Oct. 29.

World premiere of a surrealist dark comedy centering on climate change. Written by Canadian-native Julia Lederer. Produced by the Dallas-based Watering Hole Collective.

Members of the Dallas Sierra Club, Environment Texas and Cedar Ridge Preserve will help lead talkbacks, which are panel discussions following each performance. Friends of the Dallas Sierra Club from Public Citizen, Liveable Arlington and North Central Texas Council of Governments will also be featured as Talkback Panelists after select performances.

Runs Sept. 19-22, 2024. Thursday thru Sunday, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $30.

The 11th annual Collin County Fall Home and Garden Show offers everything from live birds of prey shows to free kids' cooking classes, make-and-take crafts, a tree and plant sale and more.

Sept. 20, Friday, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sept. 21, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sept. 22, Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Free.

The focus for the fall BioBlitz will be to document a rare species for Camp Leroy Shuman, only found in two locations in Tarrant County. This will be the fourth BioBlitz held here in the past two years, collecting data to benefit the City of Fort Worth, who own the property. Please arrive promptly at 8:45 a.m.  There are no restrooms on site. The address and directions will be given upon registration.

Register on the link below.

About Camp Leroy Shuman
Camp Leroy Shuman, a campground for boys and girls, opened in 1920 and was closed in 2009. The property is owned by the City of Fort Worth and is accessible through permission. It is one of the first scout camps in Fort Worth. Today, the flagpole and the remains of the mess hall are still there. There are plenty of old trails here, although some are slightly overgrown. Numerous deer graze on the grasses near dark.
The camp is predominately a Post Oak/Blackjack woodland, with scattered open patches of sandy, Western Cross Timbers prairie. Typical woody species are Post Oak (Quercus stellata), Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica), Possumhaw (Ilex decidua), Carolina Buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) and Rusty Blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum). Various grasses and forbs exist in the understory and in the scattered patches of sandy pocket prairies.

Enjoy long-distance hikes through fascinating large preserves and parks — without leaving DFW. Dallas Sierra Club joins with Amy Martin, author of Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth, to offer quarterly hikes on trails as wild as North Texas has to offer. Explore these places with naturalists and others that know them the best.

Fall offering: Goat Island Preserve, part of the Dallas County Open Space system. A gorgeous slice of Great Trinity Forest fronting the Trinity River. Bottomland forest with some huge trees. Hike route will include birdwatching trails on Goat Island itself and a hike down Joe’s Riverside Trail to a picnic area for a break, and then further down the trail, and back up the interior trail. Hike length: 7 miles.

See website link below for details.