{"id":1809,"date":"2015-07-11T01:17:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T06:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2017-10-15T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T22:07:23","slug":"while-we-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=1809","title":{"rendered":"While We Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Flood Control District\u2019s Failing \u201cNatural Channel Design\u201d Projects<\/h3>\n

July 11, 2015<\/p>\n

Well, the comments are in to the Army Corps of Engineers. The comment period that ended June 5 was not extended. So now we wait to find out what the Corps will do next about a permit for the Harris County Flood Control District\u2019s controversial $6 million Memorial Park Demonstration Project. The flood control district wants to destroy one of the last natural stretches of Buffalo Bayou as it flows past Memorial Park in the middle of the city so that engineers can \u201cbuild it better,\u201d thus demonstrating exactly the wrong thing to do for erosion control and bank stabilization on the bayou.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the wrong thing to do because the specially adapted trees and plants on the bayou (known as the riparian zone<\/a>) protect the land from erosion, slow storm water and runoff, filter pollution and bacteria (and trash) from the water, provide shade and habitat, among many other vital functions. Razing the riparian buffer, as this project would do, digging up and running heavy equipment over the banks and bayou bottom are all contrary to Best Management Practices and the policies of virtually every federal and state agency charged with protecting the health of our waters, our wildlife habitat, and our soil.<\/p>\n

What Are the Options?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what are the Corps\u2019 options?<\/p>\n

Read the rest of this story to find out and learn about the flood control district’s previous failing “natural channel design” projects.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Cottonwood<\/a>

Cottonwood downed on south bank west of Waugh by undercutting of banks in Buffalo Bayou Park “restored” by the Harris County Flood Control District. Several more mature trees have been lost since this photo was taken Jan. 26, 2015, by Jim Olive.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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