We had thought that the public's consciousness of preservation of natural habitats and natural spaces had taken root in Brownsville, but apparently not. We remember when flocks of cormorants used to nest in the limbs of trees on the resaca near the Burger King across from the old Walmart store on Highway 48. After the wooded properties around that resaca were denuded like they are doing above, they disappeared.
Ebony, mesquite, huisache, granjeno, and other resaca bank plants have been razed to make room for the land's use for residences, etc. Torn limbs and old-growth trunks lie in piles around the property to be hauled off and dumped.
We realize, of course, that the property owner can do as he or she wishes with their land, but it's still a shame to see the natural habitat being bulldozed to the ground and the animal life scurrying – like the ducks in the photo above – for safety. Did they have nests in the thick underbrush being destroyed?)
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Developers are only after the green and filth money.
Its high time the city started clearing all these so-called natural habitats. These overly wooded areas only harbor roaches, possums, cats, snakes and Muscovy ducks that have invaded our area. If you want to preserve natural habitats go buy your own land.
Its for bike trails no se hagan idiotas ya estan
Federal funding is used to operate the city and county so I will file a complain and use this blog's comments as evidence. ALL THIS CRONYISM HAS GOT TO STOP GIVE A QUALIFIED APPLICANT A JOB WHICH THEY DESERVE.
Vote for sheriff I will not vote for ese idiota NEVER and all my friends are aware and will not vote for him either.
Gringos can do anything they want, stop complaining, the sad thing here is now meskin wanna do the same, now the gringos complains. Idiotas meskins should have complain first, now its too late.
Progress means you gain something, but, often, you lose more.
fact.
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Are there not any city ordinances protecting the cutting of palm trees in the city of Brownsville? I remember some contractors getting in trouble for cutting the Palm trees that lined University Drive in the Old Fort Brown Motor Hotel back in 2003. too long ago? Ok, I remember the palm trees cut down at the Channel 23 building by the expressway last week. anybody got in trouble. Didn't the city, at a great cost, purchase a mobile spade to dig out palm trees to transplant them somewhere else? what happened?
This is a disgusting waste of natural resources.
It's just as easy to leave the natural habitat at the water's edge, and simply cut enough of a path for an on-water dock. That way, if residents want to see the water, they can go out onto the dock. For the other 99.99999% of the time that they are not actually outside, the critical waterfront habitat is preserved for birds and also for flood prevention.
See what happened in Florida when they cleared out all the waterfront mangroves for development. The mangroves as well as resaca waterfront shrub and habitat act as a flood absorber and barrier. Without them, the waters rise unimpeded all the way up to people's homes and ceilings.
Keeping waterfronts natural is about self-preservation and reducing the flood situation that is already bad in Brownsville. Can't think of any modern US city where clearcutting like this would be allowed.
Speaking of which, who hasn't noticed the privacy screen trees being cut down along streets and highways, that used to be covered? Apparently someone at the city wants to expose people's houses and windows and kids inside to everyone driving by.
Also, Brownsville is one of the birding capitals of the world with tourists coming from overseas to see the migrating birds here. This is a huge source of income to hotels, local parks and restaurants.
Se robaron el mobile spade y logo lo vendieron.
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