Trinity River Audubon Center

This place is located in Dallas, TX. Dana Wilson a volunteer coordinator guided the tour. Audubon was a bird artist. The site previously was a Deep Woods Landfill, legal Dallas landfill. In the 70’s city closed the landfill due to pollutants from waste. There was 1.5 tons of waste. I was amazed how peaceful and eco-friendly the building was. It currently holds Gold LEED certification and has a bird shape design, with vegetative rooftop.   East Texas bamboo floors, fly ash concrete walls, recycled denim insulation, recycled tires/rubber floors, East Texas cypress wood ceiling, Pecan veneer walls. They hay 9 ponds some natural and others enhanced. It opened in October 2008 and has 6,000 acres of land, also have a 36,000-water cistern to irrigate perimeter of the building. Some of the problems that the building faces are bird hitting in glass windows and Faral hogs. Some of the cool features I liked were that they are not connected to the city sewer and knew their limitations as far as connecting solar panels. The center does bird classes and community presentations, but their problem is that very limited in staff most are volunteers. Some of the recommendations will be to promote further discussion on sustainable use of biodiversity. I applauded their use natural resources such as water and energy cautiously. TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER IS THE LARGES UBAN HARDWOOD FOREST IN NORTH AMERICA!

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