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Perspectives from the Regional Administrator

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EPA Regional Administrator Richard E. Greene joined local officials at a news event announcing that construction can begin on the Dallas Floodway Extension Project

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Richard E. Greene joined local officials at a news event announcing that construction can begin on the Dallas Floodway Extension Project. The project includes a chain of wetlands that will have an average width of 600 feet and will provide secondary flowage capacity for flood waters along the west side of the Trininty River from the Dallas Floodway to Loop 12. EPA has worked closely with U.S Army Corps of Engineers to complete the environmental review of the project under the National Environmental Policy Act.

"The dream of the community to revitalize the Trinity Forest and watershed is becoming a reality," said Greene. "Visitors to Dallas 10 years from now will find a radically different face of Dallas -- one that emphasizes the natural beauty of the area."

Greene joined Dallas Mayor Laura Miller, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Congressman Martin Frost, Congressman Jeb Hensarling, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District Engineer Colonel John R. Minahan, Dallas City Councilmembers Ed Oakley and Dr. Maxine Thornton-Reese, and representatives from the Dallas County Buffalo Soldiers at the event.
EPA Region 6 Administrator Richard E. Greene addresses audience.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison addresses audience.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Congressman Jeb Hensarling and Richard Greene at media conference.

Caddo Lake Land Transfers from Army to Fish and Wildlife Service
Former Defense Lands Now a Wildlife Refuge

Cypress trees draped in Spanish moss seem to float on the shallow, greenish waters of Caddo Lake in East Texas. Alligators, turtles, snakes and frogs share the wetlands with more than 200 species of songbirds and waterfowl. Deep in the heart of these ecologically significant bayous, 5,032 acres have been added to the federal system of lands permanently protected for their wildlife habitat values.

Judge Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior, Mayor Greene, and Colonel Douglas S. Baker, Chief, Army Base Realignment and Closure Office, signing the ceremonial Proclamation document.
 
On May 5, the community celebrated the transfer of property formerly part of the Department of the Army's (Army) Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant in Harrison County, Texas to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the important wildlife habitat found in its forests and wetlands. ... Full Story ›
 

 

 
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