Last week, I got some terrible news about my favorite nature spot in North Texas. I headed up to Garland to see for myself what had happened to the 200-acre Spring Creek Forest Preserve. Some fellow volunteers were there, as were representatives from Dallas County. The city of Garland’s Water Utilities Department had bulldozed a dirt road through the forest. Seeing the damage broke my heart.
Until now, only the city of Garland itself has reported what happened. On its website, the city acknowledged on July 2: “In a recent attempt to maintain an older sewer line, Water Utilities cleared a significant portion of land in the Spring Creek Forest Preserve to provide access for the large equipment needed. The team was unaware they were in the Preserve.”
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