For the Love of the Lake (FTLOTL)

FTLOTL is a volunteer group dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of White Rock Lake. They work in cooperation with Dallas Park and Recreation.

Master Naturalists participate along with volunteers from Adopt-A-Shoreline groups and any interested citizens in Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce-Up days, held the second Saturday of every month. Newcomers are welcome. Drive-thru in front of the FTLOTL office, located in the northeast corner of Buckner and Garland Road (facing Buckner) between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. to QR code sign-in and pick up any supplies. FTLOT can provide trash bags, recycling bags, latex gloves, and a pick-up tool if needed, or you can bring your own.

2024 Activities –   17 volunteers with 139 hours of service performed

• For the Love of the Lake is a preservation and enhancement project for White Rock Lake and the watersheds that feed it. North Texas Master Naturalists have participated in FTLOTL for many years. Although NTMN does not have a designated shoreline, we work in different areas of the lake and with many community groups. This provides some outreach for our NTMN chapter, because like all projects, participants are encouraged to wear their NTMN logo wear as they work.
• The area that has been worked by NTMN members is sponsored by the Dallas Sierra Club. This area follows the perimeter of another NTMN project – The Bison Hill Blackland Prairie restoration project aka DPAR White Rock Prairie Unit 2. We work to keep styrofoam and other plastics out of the prairie.
• We patrol a popular fishing area near Mockingbird Bridge along White Rock Creek. Much monofilament fishing line is collected, along with the various plastics. In the winter months, when the understory/poison ivy is suppressed, we can venture up the shoreline of White Rock Creek.
• This project is valuable in improving the quality of the White Rock watershed and the White Rock Blackland prairie remnants as we promote the chapter by wearing our logo wear as we work with other groups so that NTMN is visible to the community.