A journalist and writer for over 40 years, Amy Martin is the author of Itchy Business: How to Treat the Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Rash, Prevent Exposure and Eradicate the Plant. Her latest is Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth on Timber Press, a phenomenally popular book in North Texas. Her talks and guided walks are very much in demand. She is senior features writer for Green Source DFW. A current project is Ned Fritz Legacy, a biographical website of Ned Fritz, Texas’ most famous environmentalist. Find her writings at Moonlady.com.
Martin sits on the board of Dallas County Open Space’s Trails and Preserves Program and Friends of Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area. She managed wildlife habitat rehabilitation on a private nature preserve in northeast Texas for twelve years, including converting fifteen acres of pasture into tallgrass prairie.
As contributing editor and Dear Garbage columnist for the national magazine Garbage (recycling and features) in the ‘80s, she garnered a spot in the debut edition of Who’s Who in Environmental Journalism. She has written for Dallas Morning News (recycling and op-eds), Dallas Observer (music and comedy), TheaterJones (comedy, magic, and cirque), and D magazine and Dallas Times Herald (performing arts).