There’s a spot in northwest Fort Worth that contains 3,700 acres of untouched and protected prairies, forests, wetlands and swamps. This landscape contains a diverse set of life ranging from bison and prairie dogs to ducks, catfish and alligators. This land is the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge.
“Here we have a unique area of biodiversity where the east truly meets the west,” said Dr. Jared Wood, alligator researcher and director at the FWNC&R. “Pretty much every soil type in this county is found here in this refuge.”
There are around 40 tagged alligators at the Nature Center. They are keystone species, which means they are the glue that holds eco-system together. If alligators were no longer a part of Fort Worth, other species would lose habitats and overpopulate…