The beautiful, eight-acre wooded parcel of land along the Trinity River Hike and Bike Trail near Rogers Road, which most people thought was a park, is now owned by Chesapeake Energy. Plans are being finalized to destroy 2.5 acres of the trees to use the area for a gas-drilling site.
What can you do?
1. Spread the word. Forward this message to concerned citizens and businesses. Print the attached flier and pass it out.
2. Attend the Trinity Trees Picnic: Labor Day, September 3, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, along the Trinity Trail by the grove of trees.
3. Attend the City sponsored Public Forum: Thursday, September 6, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Capstone Church, 1700 Rogers Road.
4. Learn more, view maps, register for updates, and post comments at: http://trinitytrees.org/blog/?page_id=3
8/9/07
8/7/07
TCU SIGNS GAS LEASE
TCU signs natural gas exploration lease
FORT WORTH, Texas (August 7, 2007) -TCU today announced that it signed alease with Four Sevens Resources Company, Ltd., to drill for natural gas north of the football stadium in remote campus parking. The decision tosign the lease follows meetings with neighborhood leaders, faculty, staff and students to address their questions regarding safety, noise and traffic related to drilling. Four Sevens was appointed the university's natural gas operator by the Executive Committee of TCU'sBoard of Trustees last spring after a review of proposals submitted tothe university as part of a request-for-proposal process.
"We invested major time and effort to negotiate a lease that satisfies our concerns and addresses neighbors' concerns to the best of our ability," said Mr. Brian Gutierrez, TCU vice chancellor for finance andadministration. "As a result, we anticipate an efficient process from start to finish."
The drilling site will be monitored, appropriately secured with fencing and inspected throughout the drilling procedure by state and local officials. Truck traffic will be routed to streets away from dense neighborhood areas to minimize traffic congestion and city noise ordinances will be followed. Parking will be relocated to other university parking lots.
Drilling will occur between the months of January through July in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Drilling will not occur during football season. Once drilling is complete, the university will landscape the site with trees and shrubbery and secure the area with attractive wrought iron fencing.
Any funds secured through drilling will be placed in the university's endowment, a decision made by the TCU Board of Trustees last spring."I am pleased we have been able to review the safety and traffic concerns of those most impacted by this gas exploration -- neighbors, faculty, staff and students," said TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini,Jr. "The resources acquired through gas exploration will better enableTCU to offer an excellent university experience," said Boschini. "This includes providing a campus where students live and learn in a diverse, technologically advanced environment in classrooms with a small student-to-faculty ratio. It also means more opportunities fors cholarships."
TCU's decision to drill follows a long line of other Metroplex organizations pursuing natural gas exploration opportunities. These organizations include the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County CommunityCollege, the Fort Worth Independent School District, Colonial Country Club, and the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
FORT WORTH, Texas (August 7, 2007) -TCU today announced that it signed alease with Four Sevens Resources Company, Ltd., to drill for natural gas north of the football stadium in remote campus parking. The decision tosign the lease follows meetings with neighborhood leaders, faculty, staff and students to address their questions regarding safety, noise and traffic related to drilling. Four Sevens was appointed the university's natural gas operator by the Executive Committee of TCU'sBoard of Trustees last spring after a review of proposals submitted tothe university as part of a request-for-proposal process.
"We invested major time and effort to negotiate a lease that satisfies our concerns and addresses neighbors' concerns to the best of our ability," said Mr. Brian Gutierrez, TCU vice chancellor for finance andadministration. "As a result, we anticipate an efficient process from start to finish."
The drilling site will be monitored, appropriately secured with fencing and inspected throughout the drilling procedure by state and local officials. Truck traffic will be routed to streets away from dense neighborhood areas to minimize traffic congestion and city noise ordinances will be followed. Parking will be relocated to other university parking lots.
Drilling will occur between the months of January through July in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Drilling will not occur during football season. Once drilling is complete, the university will landscape the site with trees and shrubbery and secure the area with attractive wrought iron fencing.
Any funds secured through drilling will be placed in the university's endowment, a decision made by the TCU Board of Trustees last spring."I am pleased we have been able to review the safety and traffic concerns of those most impacted by this gas exploration -- neighbors, faculty, staff and students," said TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini,Jr. "The resources acquired through gas exploration will better enableTCU to offer an excellent university experience," said Boschini. "This includes providing a campus where students live and learn in a diverse, technologically advanced environment in classrooms with a small student-to-faculty ratio. It also means more opportunities fors cholarships."
TCU's decision to drill follows a long line of other Metroplex organizations pursuing natural gas exploration opportunities. These organizations include the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County CommunityCollege, the Fort Worth Independent School District, Colonial Country Club, and the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
8/2/07
Fort Worth Backyard Butterflies
Fort Worth Backyard Butterflies
2007
Photographed by Sonja and C.A. Quarles
2007
Photographed by Sonja and C.A. Quarles
These butterflies have been observed and photographed in our backyard garden on Shirley in Fort Worth over June and early July 2007. We have observed and identified 22 species so far. But there are still many other butterfly species that have been reported in Tarrant Country for us to watch for. We used our Minolta G-500 digital camera with resolution set to 2048 x 1536. We have identified the butterflies from the excellent website Butterflies and Moths of North America http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ hosted and maintained by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University and the NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node. You can click on most of the butterflies to get more information about them from this website. The flowers are mostly Purple Cone Flowers, Lady Bird Cosmos and Phlox.
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