With Janice Bezanson
Texas Conservation Alliance
In this second part of our series on the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir we will look at mitigation.
Aside from the massive hole in the ground that would be filled with water for the lake, the construction of the lake would require vast amounts of land to be set aside to replace the wetlands and wildlife habitat that would be drowned under the surface.
This mitigated land is required by the federal government, and as Janice Bezanson at the Texas Conservation Alliance explains below, it is unlikely if there will be enough land left in the Sulphur River Basin to satisfy the mitigation requirements.
What does mitigation really mean?
It means the loss of bottomland hardwood forests that are essential to our local timber industry. It means the forever loss of hunting and fishing wetlands, and it means the loss of homes, farms, crops and history.
What it means is a change in a way of life in Northeast Texas that has been deeply rooted for generations.
Bezanson has long been following the progression of the proposed reservoir. She offers the following insight into the matters of mitigation.
It Is Questionable whether Marvin Nichols could be mitigated
