FW CanDo!

Rahr Beer celebrates Prairie Fest
Twice in a Row.
You can, too!

Fort Worth’s popular microbrewery, Rahr & Sons, has beer tastings and tours each Saturday with an admission charge of only a $5 donation.  On April 11 and 18, from 1-3 pm., a portion of the proceeds benefit Prairie Fest.  Rahr Brewery is located south of downtown at 710 Galveston Avenue.  For more information about Rahr Beer and a map, click here: www.rahrbrewery.com/map .
  
For every pre-owned Rahr glass filled with beer,during the regular Tour & Tasting at the Brewery, Rahr & Sons Brewery will contribute $2.50 to the Friends of Tandy Hills benefiting Prairie Fest 2009.
 
Of course, you’re welcome to buy a glass for $5.00 - we’ll have a donation jar that you may contribute to in order to join in the fun. Confused? We have answers. Email us with any questions.

Snacks served by Chadra Mezza & Grill

http://www.chadramezza.com/ 

Live music on April 11 by Triggerfish

http://www.triggerfishband.com/.
 

See you at Prairie Fest on April 25th.

Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area, Inc. is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the 160-acre prairie remnant that makes up Tandy Hills Natural Area in Fort Worth, Texas. 

What has this to do with FWCanDo?
Short history lesson:

Before FWCanDo, the organization known as, Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area (FOTHNA) was founded in 2005 to protest the possible use of a rare prairie park for natural gas production. Long before most people heard of the Barnett Shale or urban gas drilling, energy extractors were scanning maps of Fort Worth looking for undeveloped areas they referred to as, "low hanging fruit". Their goal was to get as much of those areas under contract before people woke up. 

One of those areas was the 160 acre, city-owned, Tandy Hills Natural Area (THNA), and the adjacent, privately owned hills. At the time, Fort Worth had no gas drilling ordinance of any kind putting THNA at serious risk. FOTHNA was the first organized effort in Texas to sound the alarm and help raise awareness of the impacts that gas drilling would have in an urban setting. 

When urban gas drilling moved into overdrive, FWCanDo was spun off from FOTHNA to address gas drilling issues, exclusively.  

Although drillers have succeeded in plundering many other special places in Fort Worth and across the USA, the early and ongoing efforts of FOTHNA have helped protect our beloved park. FOTHNA is now focussed on restoration of the prairie (see Brush Bash) but, as with many other things in life, eternal vigilance is necessary. 

Your participation in Prairie Fest and other, similar events, is one way to push back against the tide of corruption and greed that is forever threatening our environment.