{"id":9339,"date":"2020-11-12T20:20:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T02:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2020-11-12T20:49:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T02:49:13","slug":"killing-the-alligator-snapping-turtles-in-buffalo-bayou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=9339","title":{"rendered":"Killing the Alligator Snapping Turtles in Buffalo Bayou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(And Everything Else)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appeal from the Turtle Survival Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov. 12, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a notice from the Turtle Survival Alliance<\/a> (TSA) about the Corps of Engineers\u2019 proposal to deepen and widen Buffalo Bayou<\/a> for some 22-24 miles from the dams in west Houston to downtown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Alligator Snapping Turtles of Houston, Texas, and their habitat, Buffalo Bayou, NEED YOUR HELP!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA proposed project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) to reduce the impacts of flooding in the Greater Houston metropolitan area would not only significantly change the natural qualities of Buffalo Bayou, but also put its unique population of Alligator Snapping Turtles at risk of extirpation<\/strong>. This is particularly concerning to us at the Turtle Survival Alliance as the Alligator Snapping Turtle population inhabiting Buffalo Bayou is among the largest and most demographically robust populations in Texas, and of paramount conservation value to the species as a whole. We would know, it\u2019s the focus of our long-term population study for this State Threatened species!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TSA, which has been studying the turtles in Buffalo Bayou since 2016, includes this quote from the Corps\u2019 Interim Report<\/a> on the project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is fully anticipated that the existing population of Alligator Snapping Turtles would decline in the years during and following construction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TSA believes that in a \u201cbest-case scenario\u201d it would take approximately 100 years for the Alligator snappers to rebound from the Corps\u2019 project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more from the TSA<\/a>, which has written a formal letter to the Corps about the impact of the project. The nonprofit is also providing a document that can be downloaded and edited and sent to the Corps before the Nov. 20 deadline for public comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eric Munscher of the Turtle Survival Alliance with Alligator Snapping Turtles on Buffalo Bayou.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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