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[TX] State commission rejects Big Bend sale
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| Last Edited | RP Aug 26, 2005 01:55pm |
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| News Date | Friday, August 26, 2005 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Deal with resort owner for 46,000 acres falls apart in face of public outcry.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department commissioners Thursday unanimously rejected a ranch owner's bid to buy more than 46,000 acres of Big Bend Ranch State Park in Presido County.
Park and wilderness activists, conservation group representatives and even former department employees opposed to the land sale broke into applause with the vote. The land under consideration which would have included archeological sites and creek habitat that is home to threatened and endangered animals.
The vote closed two contentious days of testimony about losing a part of the state's largest park and the lack of public knowledge of the proposal until the Austin American-Statesman disclosed the proposed sale this week.
One issue that kept cropping up was whether the department can protect water in Cienega Creek. Since the water that makes the creek originates on Poindexter's ranch, there is some question about whether he might capture the water there and reduce or even stop the flow into the park.
"It is mine to do with as I wish," Poindexter said. "It will be used sooner or later by myself or my successors." |
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