Comment EI-33816
Received or sent (printed as 3/24/2025)
The proposed alternate Burnet route would go through our 33-acre property, which my husband’s family has owned since the 1980’s. It would take out several acres of old growth Ashe juniper, which the endangered golden cheeked warbler use for nesting. Our land is not “arid” - it includes large live oak trees, cedar elms, hickory, native pecans, hackberry, mulberry, mustang grapevines, wildflowers, and grasses, as well as Ashe juniper. In addition, the Russell Fork of the South San Gabriel flows through our land. Since it is part of the headwaters of the river, in wet weather when the water table is up, our land runs with water from tiny springs which feed into the river. A railway across our land would adversely affect both the river and the plentiful wildlife in the area, including deer, wild turkey, jackrabbits, doves, quail, golden cheeked warblers, hawks, buzzards, hummingbirds, mockingbirds, cardinals, owls, coyotes, armadillos, wild hogs, not to mention skunks and snakes. We currently have beehives on the property. We had planned to build our retirement home on our property, but trains on either proposed Burnet route would disturb the peace and the environment severely. Please deny this request and spare our land.
Submitted by: Marilyn Layne · Burnet, TX
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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