Coombs Creek Trail

04/01/2026

Over development is threatening many of our urban creeks. Desoto woman's house crumbling into creek as erosion threatens foundation

03/31/2026

Paradise versus Parking Lots? You decide.

03/28/2026

Without Responsible development Coombs Creek will become a concrete drainage ditch. Let's not let that happen!

03/28/2026

This sounds promising. Fingers crossed.

03/22/2026

The zoning case along the creek near Hampton and Plymouth is not just about a few individual lots or 3.5 acres.

The developer already owns 7 acres and has offers to buy 1.6 acres more, for a total of 8.6 acres. This is an effort to convert a an established single-family neighborhood into a new multifamily district of apartments.

03/16/2026

A zoning case (Z-25-000069) right next to the creek could threaten this greenbelt.
According to section 6.1.5. Of the Coombs Creek Flood Management Study: Civic Government can and should
exercise its zoning and planning authority in a manner that is consistent with flood plain
management. In some situations the restriction or prohibition of certain land uses may be required.

https://youtu.be/H1QSIaVo2gw?si=Zyjls0wCW6qxBwL2

For more than a decade, West Kessler neighborhood has battled an apartment developer’s plan to plow up a greenbelt thicket along Coombs Creek which would not...

09/21/2023

Today is ! Your gift and your cause matter Donate at https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/Coombs-Creek-Conservancy to help preserve and protect a neighborhood treasure.

09/15/2023

Consider volunteering to help cleanup our shared waterway.

02/08/2023

Butterflies and their host plants.

This is a well done piece that we found helpful for identifying host plants.

Source: Kim Smith Designs

09/26/2021

Rachel Richter is an Urban Wildlife Biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife in DFW. She will be speaking on coyotes and bobcats including their biology, common behaviors, and how to prevent them from becoming a nuisance in urban areas.

09/15/2021

These great neighbors from the Dells District spent their Saturday morning picking up trash along Coombs Creek.