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- ↑ "Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?". 2009-03-19.
- ↑ "Dallas vows, again, to protect the Great Trinity Forest, but what does that even mean?". Dallas News. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Dallas vows, again, to protect the Great Trinity Forest, but what does that even mean?". Dallas News. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Schutze, Jim. "The Great Trinity Forest Ain't So Great". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ "This Place in the Woods – The Great Trinity Forest". DFW Urban Wildlife. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ↑ Lamster, Mark (June 29, 2023). "The 50-mile Dallas Loop trail aims to transform the city. It's getting there". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ↑ Martin, Amy (13 May 2020). "Paved Trinity Forest Trail connects natural landmarks". Green Source DFW.
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