The hot potato I just can’t put down! Denton, Texas, has a once beautiful waterway that spanned (past tense) from Lake Ray Roberts to Lake Dallas, Texas. It was the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, and I have been documenting this debacle for a few years. I dropped the potato in 2022 because I was being consumed by it, and the Denton Trinity Greenbelt Debacle is one of the reasons I was happy to take on the consulting job down on South Padre Island, Texas, and get away from this for awhile. Instead of purifying my soul, once I returned, it was hotter than ever in my mind.
The US Army Corps of Engineers, TPWD and the City of Denton want nothing to do with fixing this problem. And here it sits.
It’s not a, “diamond in the rough,” it is a diamond made rough by mismanagement, non-management from the US Army Corps of Engineers.
The economic impact of this environmental debacle is large – tourists, paddle and kayak stores (sales tax), the loss of a great piece of peace of mind through being in nature, away from the growing Messtroplex?
Read More Here – – – https://texasflycaster.com/?s=denton+greenbelt
My Post is HERE – https://texasflycaster.com/denton-greenbelt-380-park/
Here is the Playlist for Denton Greenbelt Debacle – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrVD6iRtyNr6n6IHNHwyVu01REHZZdnQ
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Previous Greenbelt Videos
https://youtu.be/T8QoL4V5IZY
https://youtu.be/Q07HzMF5-2E
https://youtu.be/WsQpdmOnqD8
CONTACTS
U.S. Congressman
Michael C. Burgess
26th. Congressional District
https://burgess.house.gov/contact/
Colonel Kenneth N. Reed
Commander, U.S. Army Engineer Corps of Engineers
819 Taylor St (Room 3A32)
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Michael Gange
City of Denton
Director of Environmental Services & Sustainability
michael.gange@cityofdenton.com
Robbie Merritt
Superintendent / Park Police
Ray Roberts Lake State Park Complex
940-300-4064
robbie.merritt@tpwd.texas.gov
EMAIL: Calvin.A.Kroeger@usace.army.mil and see if you get a response. I never did.
NOTE: Park was actually closed CHRISTMAS EVE 2023, not as captioned in video.
MADE ENTIRELY on the Insta 360 Ace Pro – https://amzn.to/3ShJgFW
I used drive by that on weekends I'd visit the kids. Wanted to see it but never stopped. Also it was frequently closed (13 years ago). Thank you for showing what's happening
Good to see where my tax dollars aren’t going. Thank you for sharing this information with us.