{"id":14,"date":"2014-05-07T01:23:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T01:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savebuffalo.server270.com\/?p=14"},"modified":"2017-10-11T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T23:03:35","slug":"whats-the-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"This is their plan for Buffalo Bayou."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/barebanksfuture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/barebanksfuture1.jpg\" alt=\"barebanksfuture\" width=\"673\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/barebanksfuture1.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/barebanksfuture1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May 7, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How to Contact the Army Corps of Engineers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?page_id=76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tell the Army Corps of Engineers<\/a> you oppose the proposal to bulldoze the natural ecosystem of our last urban wilderness. You have only until <strong>June 30<\/strong> to tell the government it&#8217;s better to restore the native habitat than to destroy it.<\/p>\n<p>Restore. Don&#8217;t destroy.<\/p>\n<p>A riparian forest cannot be replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Join us to learn more at a <strong>public meeting<\/strong> of concerned citizens on May 22 at St. Stephen&#8217;s Community Hall, 1805 W. Alabama, beginning at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Images of Buffalo Bayou Now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-126\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-126'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat blue heron tracks in the mud on Buffalo Bayou. Photo by Jim Olive\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-125\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-125'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto by Jim Olive\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-124\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-124'>\n\t\t\t\tBuffalo Bayou riparian forest. Photo by Jim Olive.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JO-BB1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-123\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-123'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto by Jim Olive\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GO-BB-21.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/GO-BB-21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-141\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-141'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto by G.O. Jackson Jr.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And this is what they want Buffalo Bayou to look like when they are done scraping it bare, stripping the native habitat, and planting it with grass.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_122\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CypressCreek_after1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CypressCreek_after1.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Cypress Creek after &quot;restoration&quot; by the Harris County Flood Control District.\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Cypress Creek after &#8220;restoration&#8221; by the Harris County Flood Control District.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, 2014 Tell the Army Corps of Engineers you oppose the proposal to bulldoze the natural ecosystem of our last urban wilderness. You have only until June 30 to tell the government it&#8217;s better to restore the native habitat than to destroy it. Restore. Don&#8217;t destroy. A riparian forest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,21,20,19,7,16,4],"tags":[13,12,25,420,419,24,23,421,10,9],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-banks-2","category-bulldoze-2","category-ecosystem","category-environment","category-habitat","category-plans","category-riparian-2","category-trees","tag-banks","tag-bulldoze","tag-ecology","tag-environment","tag-forest","tag-habitat-2","tag-images","tag-photos","tag-riparian","tag-trees-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4264,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/4264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}