Great Trinity Forest

The Great Trinity Forest is a forested urban park located on the southern outskirts of the heavily urbanized area of southern Dallas, Texas, and it is recognized as the largest urban forest[1] in the United States.

Description

The park is part of the larger Trinity River Project, which when complete will be one of the largest urban parks in the world at 10,000 acres (40 km2) in size.

The Great Trinity Forest portion of the project consists of 6,000 acres (24 km2),[2] primarily in the area of the Trinity River as it traverses Dallas County just south of Downtown Dallas. In 1983, the Texas Legislature designated 900 acres of the area to be the Trinity River State Park, however, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department later said the department had no funding to own and operate such a park.[3] In 1997, the Dallas City Council adopted the Great Trinity Forest Management Plan. In 2019, the City Council adopted a resolution protecting the forest and its some 6,000 acres; the resolution states Dallas' Park and Recreation Department should play and role in conserving and managing the area.[4]

Nature

The Great Trinity Forest urban park is located within the Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregion. Habitats within it include bottomland hardwood forests, riparian zones, wetlands, open water ponds, grasslands, and the Trinity River itself.

References
  1. "One Of The Nation's Biggest Urban Forests Isn't Where You'd Expect". 2019-08-20.
  2. "Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?". 2009-03-19.
  3. "Dallas vows, again, to protect the Great Trinity Forest, but what does that even mean?". Dallas News. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  4. "Dallas vows, again, to protect the Great Trinity Forest, but what does that even mean?". Dallas News. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-18.

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