For the past five years the Lakewood Trails Prairie Team has partnered with the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Department and the Texas Conservation Alliance (TCA) to work on restoring the native Blackland Prairie adjacent to Lakewood Park. During the the past two years the team has planted hundreds of Texas native pollinator plants in that area. Lakewood Trails agreed to adopt the prairie in order to restore the natural habitat for wildlife, especially pollinators (butterflies, insects, bees and birds).    

 

This year we will be working on removing invasive plants such as Queen Anne's Lace and Johnson grass from the prairie area so that the native plants can thrive. Invasive species often outcompete with native plants by overgrowing their spaces and decreasing the biodiversity of the prairie. They also serve little use to native wildlife. Biodiversity is essential to a healthy ecosystem.   

 

Join us on SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, FROM 8:30 TO 10:30 A.M. to help remove invasive plants from one of Dallas' few remaining prairies. You will be helping to restore this prairie to ecological health and rewild it to benefit bees, butterflies, bats, beetles, birds and other pollinators. If you decide to volunteer in this effort please bring a hat, gloves, pruners and shovels if you have them.  Bottled water and extra tools and gloves will be provided.    

 

The Lakewood Trails Prairie team will continue working with the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Department (represented by Brett Johnson, Urban Biologist and Sr. Environmental Coordinator) to work on restoring the Lakewood Trails' remnant of the Blackland Prairie to its native state.