Trinity Coalition

The Hidden Wonders of Texas' National Forests East Texas’ national forests—the Sabine, Angelina, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston—abounds with trails, lakes, animals, and adventure

Double Up Restoration Days for May
Finishing the Reclamation of the JJ Beeman Trail

May 3 Sun – 1 to 3 pm, please arrive at 12:45 pm
coordinator: Kristi Kerr Leonard
— 2323 N Jim Miller Rd, Dallas, TX 75227 — Grover C Keeton Golf Course clubhouse parking lot in the back rows next to the forest; look for the wooden kiosk.

May 3's goals for the lower to mid JJ Beeman:
Liberate elderberry patch and large pecan across the trail from it
finish Scout bench restoration
Mark and cut side trail to transmission tower base #3

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May 17 Sun – 9 am to noon, please arrive at 8:45 am
coordinator: Amy Martin
Colonial Baptist Church, 3005 Glover Pass, Dallas, TX 75227. Look for the parking lot on the left just after your turn in. Cross Scyene to DART service road

May 17's goals for the upper JJ Beeman:
More thoroughly mark trail
Scrape trail through undergrowth to widen
Explore and brainstorm gully crossing
Mark and cut side trail to transmission tower base #1
Knock back poison ivy (Amy)

A look at our New Year’s Eve last day paddle with TC Paddlesports at Panther Island, the Dallas Downriver Club, North Texas River Runners. We paddled from Elm Park (Dimension Tract) to Birds Fort. Trip was approx. 6 1/2 miles with a few sections of moving water and one log jam that required some speed and the “ootch ootch” maneuver to run.
Chandler and Amberly even found and rescued an abandoned paddle craft. If you lost a paddle craft on the Elm Fork, send a description of your missing boat. But in keeping with our focus on clean rivers, we have removed it from the river.