Farmers and longtime residents of a small Texas community fear their land could be washed away by the government.
If you really want to get to know people in Cuthand, just go to the local church on Sundays. Whether they know you or not, the people in the tiny community 135 miles northeast of Dallas will greet you as though you’re one of them just returning from a long trip away from home.
The road ahead is looking bright to Bezanson. She said there seems to be hope for Northeast Texas landowners coming from the governor and the state Legislature.Nathan Hunsinger But Bezanson said she hopes legislation can remove the reservoir from the state water plan and fund alternative water sources. There’s potential for this to happen through Senate Bill 28 and House Bill 1565, now pending before the Legislature.
Some positive change could come in the form of HB 1565, Bezanson said. The Texas Water Development Board is up for sunset review and could be amended under HB 1565, authored by Texas House Rep. Terry Canales, a Democrat from Edinburg. Bezanson testified at the state capital in March to ask lawmakers to take the Marvin Nichols Reservoir out of Texas’ water plan as part of HB 1564.
“They disrupt people’s lives,” she said. “They force people to sell their land. They’re taking land out of production for agriculture.” Federal law requires that land be set aside for the wildlife that could be flooded out by projects like the reservoir. Between the land covered in water and what might be taken for mitigation, some estimate the project could require nearly 200,000 acres of Northeast Texas.
Stanley Jessee is the former superintendent of Rivercrest ISD, which would essentially be cut in half and lose a lot of its funding if the reservoir is built.He said the family knew about the reservoir when they bought the land, but it seemed like it would be a while before it was built so they weren’t too worried at the time.
He said the reservoir still seems like a real possibility. Whenever opponents bring up alternative water sources to Region C, no one will listen, he said. “Every time this comes up, it scares people, so people stop making progress,” Marshall said. “They stop making plans. They stop building barns. They don’t keep up their fences.
“There’s just no profitable money in agriculture, so you only do it if you love it and you have to have an off-ranch or off-farm operation to make it work,” he said.Nathan Hunsinger Rolen grew up in Cuthand. “I joke with people that I’ve really gone a long ways in life. I live about 100 yards down the road from where I grew up,” he said.
Aaron Rolen is an attorney whod grew upin Cuthand. He lives on a street with a lot of family members, some will lose land to thereservoir.Rolen said talk of the reservoir died down after the two regions decided not to build it until 2070. In 2019, though, Region C said it wanted to start building the reservoir in 2050. That’s when it popped up on Rolen’s radar again.
People on both sides of the political spectrum oppose the reservoir, Rolen said. “In fact, it’s so funny to be at these meetings and to have someone you would typically associate with like, a ‘California liberal’ … standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a rural rancher with completely different values but both standing there saying ‘We have to preserve the land. We have to be shepherds of the land. We can’t just bury it under water to continue growing a concrete jungle.
The district is made up of students who come from mostly blue collar homes.. “Rivercrest, educationally, is doing great,” he said. Several programs at the district including from athletics, fine arts, health sciences and agriculture, have become contenders in the state.
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