Tarrant County College South Campus supports Citizen Science and the education of our community. This particular campus consists of 158.5 acres in the I-35 corridor (close to I-35W) and historically serves as a host of monarch butterflies as they travel through our area. South Campus currently maintains 16 acres of natural preservation area of native wildflowers, including some native milkweed on the south near I-20, which is "scheduled mow” ("no-mow") for more than half of the year. This is located near an outdoor exercise track open to the public. The campus also developed a Monarch Sanctuary of primarily native milkweed and wildflowers on another 5+ acre section of relatively undeveloped field directly north of our platinum-rated LEED-certified classroom building, the South Campus Center of Excellence for Energy Technology, near approximately 10 adjacent acres on the northwest, where there is currently some native buffalo and other grasses. The Center of Excellence for Energy Technology, an "eco-friendly, state-of-the-art building is the largest of its kind in the nation and is designed to train future workers in energy efficiency." The Monarch Sanctuary north of the center is also near where the Monarchs often roost during their travels - in the City of Fort Worth Forestry Section (Rolling Hills Tree Farm) located across the street from our campus at 2525 Joe B Rushing Road. [There is also some repeat roosting in South Campus trees annually.] South Campus is near the Stella Rowan Prairie at 1200 Circle Drive where native milkweed and other pollinator plants grow naturally. In addition, South Campus has a Monarch Watch registered waystation # 17335 and outdoor learning center, classified as a large habitat (500-999 square feet) in the breezeway area between two buildings, SNUR-SHSC. Both of the last two project areas are close to the South Campus Early College High School and available to not only students, faculty and staff, but also open to all visitors and members of the community. South Campus is National Wildlife Federation certified Wildlife Habitat # 215,579 and was certified in 2017 with Texan by Nature - https://texanbynature.org/projects/tarrant-county-college-south-campus/ . More information: https://collegian.tccd.edu/south-uses-plants-protect-butterflies/ ; https://collegian.tccd.edu/butterfly-haven/ ; https://collegian.tccd.edu/preservation-key-to-saving-species/ ; https://collegian.tccd.edu/mayors-talk-monarchs/ . less ↑