Set amid a working cattle ranch and an expansive wetland on the East Fork of the Trinity River, the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center is a nature center, an educational destination for teachers, a birder’s paradise and photographer’s dream, and a serene escape to nature like no other in North Texas.
Our mission is multifaceted: to educate the public about water, wetlands, and wildlife, provide clean water to millions of North Texas Residents, and conduct research. We achieve this through a range of environmental education programs, including the East Fork Water Reuse Project, a 2,000-acre wetland that supplies drinking water. We have reached thousands of students with science and ecology classes and field research experience that inspires conservation literacy. In addition, we offer a variety of nature seminars, bird walks, boardwalk tours, scouting programs, and special events focused on the natural world.
Our boardwalk into the wetland and miles of trails allow visitors of all ages to immerse themselves in diverse habitats that host some 300 species of birds, including bald eagles, and scores of native mammals, insects, amphibians and reptiles just 30 miles from downtown Dallas.
Catriona Glazebrook
Executive Director
Catriona Glazebrook is the Executive Director for the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center. She oversees the Center’s conservation and education programs, applying over two decades of experience successfully leading national and international conservation organizations.
Before coming to the Wetland Center, Catriona served as executive director of one of the largest conservation organizations in Texas. Under her leadership, the program, in part, led to the comeback of endangered species and was awarded the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Environmental Excellence.
She was appointed by the Governor to a Texas State Environmental Education Board and served as Vice Chair. She also developed a policy briefing guide on educational trends and needs for Texas state legislators.
She designed and led a youth conservation program that National Geographic recognized as one of the Nation’s best science programs for high school students.
Catriona has a Master of Science in Resource Management & Administration and a Juris Doctorate (Order of the Barristers). She also studied international law at Cambridge University in the UK.
Her family is originally from Britain, and her son and daughter-in-law live in Webster, Texas.
She loves hiking, playing violin, and enjoying her family and friends.
