End a proposed reservoir project that’ll result in the permanent loss of high-quality wild turkey habitat.
This $7 billion project uses eminent domain to seize 200,000 acres of private property to build a reservoir that will threaten the habitat of many many Texas families and species of precious Texas wildlife.
Support Texans to preserve private property rights and conserve our state's most precious natural resources - water and natural wildlife habitat.
This is a fight for all Texans who want to preserve natural wildlife habitat, private property rights and conserve our state's most precious natural resources - water, land and the livelihood of Texas families.
Retired Pediatrician and Rancher Faces Losing His Home to Proposed Reservoir
A reservoir is a 1950’s solution to a 21st century problem.
In a recent study, “Researchers have found that the amount of water evaporating from lakes is significantly more than previously thought, and that reservoirs may play an outsized role in the process according to a new NASA-funded study…” Reservoirs are drought and evaporation prone and are simply not a sustainable long-term solution. There are more than 120 reservoirs currently in the state of Texas yet problems maintaining a consistent and reliable water supply continue to persist. One more reservoir will do more harm in Northeast Texas than good, and we must say NO.
Does Dallas-Fort Worth need more water?
The Marvin Nichols Reservoir would be built to provide the DFW Metroplex with additional water resources. Yet rather than look to conservation and resources in their own community to meet growing water needs, the region has decided the solution is to take 200,000 acres of private land in Northeast Texas to build a reservoir, with the water pumped to the DFW Metroplex.
But do they need more water? The short answer is no.
There are plenty of sustainable solutions for water supply for the DFW Metroplex without impacting the land, the people and the wildlife of Northeast Texas. There are plenty of sustainable solutions for water supply for the DFW Metroplex without impacting the land and people of Northeast Texas. These include:
Tapping existing water resources such as Lake Texoma and Toledo Bend Reservoir
Increased reuse and recycling of existing supplies
Conservation
Water reuse
Fixing leaky pipes
Infrastructure
New technologies
DFW has enough water supply now to meet their basic usages in homes and businesses, but half their water usage is for lawn watering and other non-essential uses.
We know that not everyone in the DFW area is over-using water this way. And, of course, we believe it is all Texans should have access to basic necessities. It is a core Texas belief to support small businesses and economies, protect private property, treasure our natural resources and to treat each other with kindness. We invite anyone who shares those beliefs with us to join the fight and help us say no to Marvin Nichols!
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