Future Golfcourses in Peril; Ducks Plunder Water!
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Supreme Court ruling means no Lake Fastrill reservoir for Dallas
The ever-thirstier cities of North Texas will have to look somewhere other than the Neches River in East Texas for their future water supplies.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday drained the last bit of life from the city of Dallas and Texas Water Development Board plan to build a massive reservoir called Lake Fastrill along the Neches.
Instead, that land will become a wildlife refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The city and the state board had requested that the Supreme Court hear an appeal of a lower court's decision that favored Fish and Wildlife's plan. The court declined.
Fastrill was not intended to become a water source until 2060, but it was a significant piece of the plan to keep North Texas with adequate water this century.
Now, planning will have to shift, although how and where isn't clear.
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The ever-thirstier cities of North Texas will have to look somewhere other than the Neches River in East Texas for their future water supplies.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday drained the last bit of life from the city of Dallas and Texas Water Development Board plan to build a massive reservoir called Lake Fastrill along the Neches.
Instead, that land will become a wildlife refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The city and the state board had requested that the Supreme Court hear an appeal of a lower court's decision that favored Fish and Wildlife's plan. The court declined.
Fastrill was not intended to become a water source until 2060, but it was a significant piece of the plan to keep North Texas with adequate water this century.
Now, planning will have to shift, although how and where isn't clear.
More-
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/022310dnm...:ad1fb78b-89d9-4103-904b-662a02dd5b39
http://joshhoke.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/mallard-duck-1024-768.jpg
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remanns
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Score one for the Fish and Wildlife Service!
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