Bullock Texas State History Museum
Head Out to Caddo Lake
RECEIVED Tue., March 7, 2006
Editor,
Y'all scored big points with my folks with your story about Caddo Lake [“Texas Parks in Harm's Way,” News, March 3]. My dad, Sam Canup, is the mayor of the town of Uncertain, on the shores of Caddo Lake. The first lady and he, and the “lake people” of the Greater Caddo Lake Association, worked real hard to win this victory; in deep East Texas, the environment, for once, won out over “bidness” interests.
You also get points with my friend Mary Decker of Jacksonville, who is active in fighting the destructive Neches River reservoir the city of Dallas thinks it needs.
I encourage Chronicle readers to head out on a Caddo Lake and Neches River road trip this spring, and drop some of your eco-tourism dollars in these communities.
Thanks for running this important story.
Y'all scored big points with my folks with your story about Caddo Lake [“Texas Parks in Harm's Way,” News, March 3]. My dad, Sam Canup, is the mayor of the town of Uncertain, on the shores of Caddo Lake. The first lady and he, and the “lake people” of the Greater Caddo Lake Association, worked real hard to win this victory; in deep East Texas, the environment, for once, won out over “bidness” interests.
You also get points with my friend Mary Decker of Jacksonville, who is active in fighting the destructive Neches River reservoir the city of Dallas thinks it needs.
I encourage Chronicle readers to head out on a Caddo Lake and Neches River road trip this spring, and drop some of your eco-tourism dollars in these communities.
Thanks for running this important story.
James Canup
