Description: The trails are now open, so is the walk up to the spillway. The project finished early.
Just another cruising spot, very under utilized. Great long trails with a few secluded spots for some fun. Take the walkway up to the gated entrance (on your right) and you'll be able to see the trails.
The Old Fish Hatchery Nature Area is a 50-acre White Rock Lake Park corner. A canopy of oak, elm, cottonwood, and pecan trees provides a habitat for warblers, titmice, chickadees, vireos, wrens, woodpeckers, and sparrows. Habitat consists of moist woodland with low-lying areas and ponds, a small prairie remnant, a beaver pond, and hatchery ponds' remains. Understory vegetation consisting of greenbrier, American beautyberry, eastern redbud, and red mulberry provide wildlife cover. Year-round resident birds include Red-shouldered Hawk, Barred Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Wood Duck, Warbling Vireo, Eastern Phoebe, and Yellow-crowned and Black-crowned Night-Herons. The site also supports a naturalized colony of introduced Monk Parakeets. Beaver, gray fox, bobcat, and coyote have also been observed here.
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