Twelve Hills Nature Center

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Thank you for visiting twelvehills.org.

Our website is currently in the process of being updated.

Below you will find current activities and opportunities to volunteer and visit our nature center.

Upcoming workdays for the remainder of 2012 will take place on Sunday, November 11 and Saturday, December 8, both from 8 to 10 am.

Nature walks will resume in 2013. Volunteers are always needed to help remove invasive plants in the butterfly garden, at the entrance to the nature center, and surrounding areas, as well as operational tasks..

Special work days can be scheduled for organizations looking for service projects that involve habitat restoration.

Please contact President@twelvehills.org for questions or to volunteer.

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Volunteer Spotlight

The Twelve Hills Nature Center salutes Susan Schott.

Since the idea was born for Twelve Hills seven long years ago, Susan and her son Cary have worked tirelessly to make the dream a reality. Here are just a few of the projects Susan has done over the years:

Walked the neighborhoods to gather petition signatures
Helped organize clean ups of the property even before we were “official”
Attended countless meetings with community and city officials
Set up a database to help us track friends and donors
Stepped in to coordinate and supervise the Nature Leaders Environmental After-School program
Coordinated EarthWeek activities for both Rosemont campuses for the past three years

A confirmed “night owl”, when most of us are sleeping, Susan can be found laminating signage for Twelve Hills, entering data, or doing research to make certain the Nature Leader students have accurate information. Thank you, Cary for sharing your mom’s time. Most especially THANK YOU Susan!

Twelve Hills Nature Center is an urban preserve located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. It serves as an outdoor classroom and passive recreational area. It seeks to educate both adults and children about environmental stewardship and community-building through the grassroots creation and maintenance of a native Texas blackland prairie, and small wetland.

OUR MISSION
The mission of the Twelve Hills Nature Center is to promote positive interaction between diverse community groups surrounding the nature center by facilitating and encouraging participation in the ecological stewardship of the land for the dual purposes of education and recreation.

The Donation Station

Lend us a hand. We are in current need of the the following:

We need volunteers to join the Poison Ivy Patrol. If you aren’t allergic to poison ivy and if you are willing to do some physical labor, please email stacya@exchange.uta.edu.
Bike rack
Railing and platform
Sprinkler service
Printing and laminating services
Hosts for small informal gatherings

Review our additional needs...

Use our form or call 214-335-5974 to donate or learn more.

Media Matters

Twelve Hills in The Dallas Morning News
It may be hard to imagine a nature preserve in an old developed sector such as North Oak Cliff. But that's exactly where the Twelve Hills Nature Center is, behind Rosemont Elementary School at 719 N. Montclair Ave. Read the article...

Little love left on the prairie
Read a recent Dallas Morning News column on the state of prairies in North Texas. While you're at it, check out a couple of interesting sites: Fort Worth Prairie Park and Great Plains Restoration Council to see how others are working to preserve our prairie heritage.

Twelve Hills on KERA
12 Hills Development satisfies Oak Cliff neighbors by Catherine Cuellar, KERA 90.1
Read the transcript, or listen now...

Twelve Hills in The News
"Teamwork tranforms eyesore into an asset" - Check out the feature article from the Dallas Morning News.
Read the article...

Kids in nature
We’ve got this all wrong. Kids stay inside too much. They remain in structured programs too long. Some local camps and national researchers look to rediscover the genius of kids in nature.
Read more...

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Bird Watching at Twelve Hills

Many of the birds migrating north for the summer pass through Dallas during late April and early May. Get out to Twelve Hills to look for resident and migrant birds in their beautiful spring plumage. For best results start out early - that’s when birds are most active and you have a chance for some interesting sightings.

Use the helpful Bird List (large file) to identify and register your sightings.