Getting All Wet--Of floods, displaced wildlife and spring fish stocking efforts

I don’t know how much rain has fallen in your neck of the woods, but things are waterlogged at 1070 CR 719 in Nacogdoches County. Just when things begin to dry up a little around here, it seems like another weather system passes through and drops another load on ground that is already so saturated with moisture that it can’t hold any more.

The excess water has to go somewhere. It ultimately winds up running off into drainages, creeks and river systems that can only hold so much before banks are breached and flooding occurs.

Reservoirs on the receiving end of the fresh water and sure to swell, sometimes forcing operating authorities to release water to keep pace with the influx. This can compound flooding problems downstream.