A proposed land swap would harm precious golden-cheeked warbler habitat.
A proposed land swap in Cibolo Canyons would jeopardize precious habitat for the Golden-cheeked warbler.When it comes to preserving historical structures, San Antonians have shown a great deal of heart. If it were not for efforts of conservation activists, specifically the Conservation Society of San Antonio, our River Walk would have been cemented over to serve as a storm sewer back in the 1920s and our UNESCO-designated missions may have been razed instead of rehabilitated.
In its beginnings, Cibolo Canyons was touted as “green,” hosting the first Green Parade of Homes in 2008. The initial neighborhoods retain a substantial amount of original tree canopy and have generous, permeable common areas. Two of the neighborhoods have their own trail systems connecting to a larger 6-mile public trail winding through undeveloped forests, acreage set aside by the original developer, Forestar, for this purpose.
The 63 acres in question, part of that 760 acres required to remain undeveloped in the original conservation plan, may not sound significant, especially given the developer’s offer to swap it out for 144 acres of Hill Country. The problem, as Express-News writer Elena Bruess, is not simply that the 140 acres is not suitable golden-cheeked warbler habitat, according to Britt Coleman of Bexar Audubon. It is the subterfuge deeper than the Edwards Aquifer’s caves.
Most important, the historical context of this very acreage may provide the approximate date that San Antonio, according to the late Express-News columnist Carlos Guerra, made “a devil’s choice” in allowing the land to be developed.
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