Fort Worth, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Nature=== [[File:FW Japanese Gardens 2 (5569039869).jpg|thumb|The Japanese Gardens at the [[Fort Worth Botanic Garden]], 2011|197x197px]] The [[Fort Worth Zoo]] is home to over 5,000 animals. The [[Fort Worth Botanic Garden]] and the [[Botanical Research Institute of Texas]] are also in the city. For those interested in hiking, birding, or canoeing, the [[Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge]] in northwest Fort Worth is a 3,621-acre preserved natural area designated by the Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark Site in 1980. Established in 1964 as the Greer Island Nature Center and Refuge, it celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friends of Fort Worth Nature Center |url=https://naturecenterfriends.org/index.php/about-us/ |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122185551/https://naturecenterfriends.org/index.php/about-us/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Nature Center has a small, genetically pure [[bison]] herd, and native [[prairie]]s, [[forest]]s, and [[wetland]]s. It is one of the largest urban parks of its type in the United States.<ref name="Aboutfwncr">{{cite web |title=About The Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge |url=https://www.fwnaturecenter.org/about-the-fort-worth-nature-center-refuge/ |website=Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge |publisher=City of Fort Worth |access-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804080739/https://www.fwnaturecenter.org/about-the-fort-worth-nature-center-refuge/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page