Our beautiful lake
I have heard many comments about the Dallas Arboretum and the Park department’s plans to park the Arboretum’s overflow on the grasslands at White Rock Lake. Opponents say that this will destroy the Black Land prarie and the native grasses, plants, and wildlife that live at Winfrey point. Proponents say that the plants in that area are not native and are primarily invasive species that do not deserve protection. They also say that the area has been parked on in the past so no harm is really being done. I say that if this area has been parked on in the past, it is time to stop that now. Even if the plants in the area are not native, parking on the fields will compact the soil and negatively effect the drainage and soil percolation. Plus the leaking oil and chemicals from the vehicles will polute the area. There are also many species of wildlife living in the area that will be killed. I know the Arboretum needs parking space. I also know that they should have planned for this in advance before they agreed to take on the Chihuly glass exhibit or built the massive Children’s gardens. Instead they have gone behind the neighborhood’s back and tried to sneak this through hoping the neighborhoods would not notice. I know they have plans to build multi-story parking on Garland road when they get the money. I think they should have built the parking with the money they used to build the Children’s garden so they would not have to invade the prairie land at the lake. Mayor Rawlings has stated that this is not a neighborhood issue, but a city wide issue and the Arboretum Disneyland needs to get what they want even if the citizens, flora and fauna in the area are negatively effected. My assumtion is that Mayor Rawlings does not live in the White Rock area.
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