[texbirds] About Cook's Slough
- From: tony gallucci <hurricanetg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tex Birds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 08:49:02 -0500
It
has come to my attention that the City of Uvalde is proposing an
18-hole Frisbee Golf Course for Cook's Slough Nature Park in Uvalde. The
course as currently designed will impinge on most of the east side and
require modifications to the habitat, as well as presenting a
potentially noisy, disruptive, sports activity (including the potential
for tournaments and thus crowds) to a park that, from its inception, was
designed to be, and designated as, a Nature Park. The city has been
receptive to input, although their final proposal seems to ignore all
concerns that were presented to it in terms of its value for birds as a
source of water in a region where still water is scarce, and its value
for harboring rare butterflies and dragonflies, not to mention the
ecotourist impact on the city, and the great good will Uvalde has earned
in the last few years because of this park. If you value green spaces
like this, and especially if you have visited, led tours to, or been a
part of a trip there, please voice your opinion, whatever it is, on this
issue. Comments can be directed to the newspaper, the Uvalde
Leader-News at mgarcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- and to the Uvalde City
Council at cityhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
tony gallucciimgram/hunt/kerrville
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