Bois D'arc Creek

I was watching a video titled "Bois D'Arc Goodbye" by Russell and Bubba Graves. They were talking about how the creek was being dammed up to create a reservoir for the water needs of the DFW metroplex. I hated to hear that such a great area was being cleared and flooded and had always heard there was some good hunting up that way.

Then I remembered that the Caddo national grasslands, also in Fannin county has a bois d'arc creek unit. I've never hunted the area but have heard lots about it. I was wondering does anyone know a little more about this situation and can give any more details about it? Will the bois d'arc creek unit of the grasslands be affected by the flooding?

You can watch the video here: http://blog.russellgraves.com/2010/05/bois-darc-goodbye-documentary-film.html

sorter video from TPW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QEttQfHlEE

Well put together. Really enjoyed it.

That is a great video. I love that part of the state. Sad to see it go.

As usual Russel and Bubba,great storytelling in words and pictures.If more people understood the importance of our hardwood bottomlands and the speed with which they're getting destroyed maybe they would think about water and how at least 50 percent is wasted.My dad grew up in Bogata Tx.and the sulphur river bottoms is where his PaPa would take him squirrel hunting and fishing.Now a lot of it has been cleared.People in Dallas HAVE to have their st. Augustine grass.It boils down to priorities.People that have no attachment to the outdoors couldn't care less I'm afraid,very sad.

awesome story. great job.

Nice video.

The new reservoir will not go into the Caddo National Grasslands since it is Federally protected. The Dam will be at the southern edge of the grasslands.

There is alot of info at the North Texas Municipal Water District's web page.

http://www.ntmwd.com/bois_dArc.html

Here is a general map.

http://www.ntmwd.com/downloads/LBDCR/LBDC%20Reservoir%20general%20location%20map.pdf

I remember when they made that! It is a good video

Very well done documentary. Sad thing is, as long as our population continues to increase and becomes more urban, we will continue loosing more areas like this every year.

Great video on that area.

Have hunted that area before, been a while but it is a beautiful area. Have seen deer, hogs, turkey, squirrels, otter, beaver, ducks and many other critters while bow hunting that area. Good by to a great area.

Of course the game will adapt, some will have to move some will stay like the beavers and otters.

Good by to another stretch of bottom land that will be gone forever in the name of "progress"

Dads place backs up to Bois D'Arc, it wont effect him directly as he is further west, but it will push a lot of critters his way for sure

Great work, your story is very compelling, I've to boisd'arc creek and seen some of this same beauty. It will be a lost treasure.

Sad thing is 'water needs' include a bunch of wasteful watering of lawns by a bunch of people that don't know what they're doing.

Water needs includes useful and wasteful depreciation of water resources.

Just about every body of water in this state was created using the same method and to support a multitude of purposes including agricultural, industrial and residential use.

What about the other reservoirs in this state? Maybe you could get together with a bunch of tree huggers and declare jihad on all the reservoir dams in this state. We could all return to our roots as hunter/gatherers and abandon our major metroploitan areas.

I'm new to THF and was wondering if or where I could post an interest in joining a hunting lease? Any guidance would be appreciated.

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My old family homestead is there. Thanks for posting!

Thank You!

WIll be nice to have a new lake close by.

and the Industrial Revolution for that matter

Sad that we are loosing such a fine place!!!

It's very sad to be losing it, but the number of people adversely effected is a very, very miniscule fraction of the number of people that will be served by this. As is always the case.

That said, I don't blame the few effected at all for being angry/bitter/sad. I would be too.

People around there sure seem to be jumping at the rising property cost!

It sure will send some deer towards me!

True, but it'll probably send more hogs than deer. Our place is just north of the Gov land and it will be interesting to see how this affects the wildlife in the area.

There has already been quite a bit of timber cut in the Bois d' Arc bottom over the past few years spreading wildlife this way and that as they search for new habitat. Some of the landowners have got/ are getting/ will get as much of the timber value ahead of their properties being taken as they can; not to blame either. I have noticed a change in the wildlife population in the last five years more drastic than the previous twenty combined.

sad to see it go but i tend to look at the positives. We will get a new like and likely some more public land surrounding it and thats never a bad thing.