Acting on a resolution that was submitted by Red River County Party chair Hunter Evans earlier this year, the Democratic Party of Texas officially passed over the weekend official opposition to the proposed reservoir in Northeast Texas.
The action solidified Northeast Texas opposition to the behemoth water project that would claim a large portion of Red River County and inundate thousands of acres of bottomland hardwoods and family farms and also negatively impact local tax bases and cost many their jobs.
The proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir has been opposed by water planners in Northeast Texas since it first became an issue more than 20 years ago. Region D (Northeast Texas) has repeatedly fought and lobbied against the efforts of Region C (Dallas area) water planners to keep the reservoir out of the state water plan, and local land owners and businessmen like Ward Timber have gone as far as filing, and winning, a lawsuit to block the reservoir’s construction.
