I was on the phone yesterday with Councilmember Paula Blackmon, whose District 9 includes White Rock Lake. I asked her for a refresh on where we stand. Design work has to be done.

White Rock Rowing does have a pretty sweet deal, but it isn’t the only rowing team on the lake. On the northeast side, a semipermanent large tent structure houses Dallas United Crew.

Parking posts at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas, Monday, May 12, 2025. This is where brothers Ted and Hal Barker have been complaining about dangerous herbicides being sprayed since April 2014.

Shirley Che leads dragon boats paddlers during practice Sunday, May 4, 2025, at White Rock Lake in Dallas. The team is getting ready for races during the 2025 AAPI Heritage and Dragon Boat Festival.

DALLAS — If you're planning to visit White Rock Lake, Dallas park officials are asking you to stay away from this dangerous plant. It's called water hemlock -- and every part of the plant is ...

Dallas officials have reported water hemlock growth at White Rock Lake for the third year in a row. The city plans to begin “spot spraying” each hemlock plant found with herbicide within the ...

Hal and Ted Barker are relying on a recently approved proposition to save White Rock Lake — and the city of Dallas has been put on notice. The Barkers have been protecting White Rock Lake for ...