Earth Day Greetings_2024 Cosmic Connections & More
April 22 is a significant date in the history of Friends of Tandy Hills. Check out this bit of “cosmic convergence”
> April 22, 1960 - Fort Worth City Council and Mayor Tom McCann agree to purchase the land now known as Tandy Hills Natural Area.
> April 22, 1970 - Earth Day is co-founded by, Senator Gaylord Nelson, of Wisconsin
> April 22, 2010 - Support Agreement signed between Friends of Tandy Hills and City of Fort Worth
> April 2006 - 2015 - Tandy Hills Prairie Fest took place on or near, April 22, Earth Day
> April 22, 2016 - Tandy Hills BioBlitz commences
> April 22, 2020 - Broadcast Hill purchase celebration was scheduled for April 22nd but the pandemic forced a postponement
Earth Day and Tandy Hills share, not only a purpose in raising awareness and a call to arms but, also, a birthday.
With more than 2,000 species, sweeping prairie views and bottomland forest on 220+ hilly acres and located five minutes from downtown Fort Worth, the price of $173,250 the city paid in 1960 was a steal.
FACT: A whopping 10% of all Americans participated in the first Earth Day in 1970. Below, are few photos and various posters from the first Earth Day.
The famous Earthrise photograph captured by Apollo astronauts in 1968, helped to inspire the first earth day in 1970. (Credit: NASA)
