Flower Mound Urban Forest Slated for Development

Flower Mound's urban forest: 158 acres slated for development. Threatened: wildlife habitat, wetlands, and eight environmentally-sensitive areas.

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• Mound
• Texas
• urban
• forest
• environment
• development
• habitat
• destruction

[winningspirit]

To see the next huge area of the urban forest being cleared, please go to Flower Mound Tree Massacre on You Tube.,

[winningspirit]

I heard that the developer went bankrupt. The medical facility (several buildings and an ER) was built. The rest of the forest is safe--for the moment. And we have a new Town Council that might be more open to preserving more of the natural area.

[winningspirit]

The ground-breaking ceremony for the development took place October 8, 2008. Twelve acres of the 158 acres will be developed during Phase One. It's a multi-phased project with a 10-year timeline.

[winningspirit]

Wildlife that will be killed, displaced, or driven into nearby neighborhoods: beaver, frogs, toads, fish, birds, raccoons, armadillos, turtles, snakes, butterflies, dragon flies, insects, rats, moles, mice, possums, rabbits, foxes, squirrels, mollusks, bees, wasps, spiders, scorpions, bobcats, coyotes, and others. All living things—plants and animals—are part of an interconnected web of life and vital to an ecosystem. Destroying one can adversely affect the whole.

[winningspirit]

The 158-acre tract of land with its ancient forest, three lakes, native prairie, abundant wildlife, and environmentally-sensitive areas has a theme song now, Mariah Carey's "Bye Bye." And sadly, that would be an appropriate soundtrack, too. Please visit again; more details will be posted.

[winningspirit]

The urban forest is northwest of the Post Office (2300 Olympia Drive, Flower Mound) between Morriss Road and Long Prairie Road. Timber Creek and College Parkway are at the north end of the forest. The 8- to 10-acre old-growth forest (the remnants of a vast, ancient forest) starts at Cross Timbers Road and is bordered by Euclid Lane and Forums Drive.

[onionofdeath]

at the very least I hope they preserve older tree specimens. Most if the fauna will be displaced, but water fowl and most insects will return, since they are keeping the water bodies. Unfortunately new development= habitat disruption (not necessarily full destruction in this case). Its too bad Flower Mound is just another sprawling suburb that wastes most of its land on low density zoning.

[calamagrostis88]

As the development proceeds please try to get and post video of what they are doing, especially violations of whatever plan they have for environmental protection, erosion, dead animals etc. Then get people from your community to view the video, so that they can really see what is going on.

[videotubeuser]

We are faced with a similar situation in Lewisville from possible gas drilling in Central Park off off Corporate Drive and S. Edmunds. I think will make a video of this area as well.

[RPGonline2]

Oh]: I know where that is.