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FORT WORTH, Texas – Due to the
recent floods a postponement to the revised Sam Rayburn Master Plan schedule
has occurred. Inundated federal lands resulted in a delay in a habitat survey
vital to helping making resource management decisions and identify unique
ecosystems and habitat at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Floods during the spring of
2015 did not allow the habitat survey to occur and was postponed until the
spring of 2016. Again, Sam Rayburn has reached flood stages during the spring
of 2016 further delaying the ability to conduct a habitat survey. Once the
habitat survey can be conducted, the draft Master Plan can be completed and a
second public meeting will be scheduled to inform the public of the revisions
made.
In April of 2015 the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District held two initial public scoping meetings
to announce the start of the Sam Rayburn Reservoir Master Plan revision and
receive public comments and input. Public participation and input is an
essential piece of revising the prior Master Plan. No definitive schedule has
been established for when the habitat survey can be successfully completed
but is anticipated for late summer of 2016. The public meeting will then
follow likely in the fall of 2016.
Questions pertaining to the revision
can be addressed to: Robert Morrow, CESWF-PEC-PM, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300, Robert.Morrow@usace.army.mil.
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