Damage to Creek Persists

(The Austin Chronicle, December 2000)

The Austin Chronicle, December 2000

December 2000

Explosive growth in Austin diminishes the decade-long effort to protect Barton Creek. Developers side-step the City's tough water quality ordinance through grandfathered exemptions and city-approved deals.

Over the past 10 years, the city has chosen to do almost nothing. Stratus/Freeport has been able to develop significant parts of their property. And other large tracts in the watershed have been developed by other owners with nary a protest by environmentalists.

— Robert Bryce, Journalist

Stewards

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A Chronology of Human Impacts on Barton Creek

MoPac Construction
1969-1971
Mopac Construction
Developer Violates Creek Ordinance
June 1974
Environmental Attorney Joe Riddell
Barton Springs Bypass Tunnel
December 1974
City Imposes Building Moratorium
June 1979
Horseshoe Bend Development in Barton Creek Area
Barton Creek Square Mall Construction
1979
Barton Creek Mall land clearing, 1979
Trail Of Broken Promises
April 1981
Environmental Attorney Joe Riddell
Barton Creek Mall Pollution Controls Fail
1981-1990s
Barton Creek Square Mall, 1988
Algae Overgrowth Linked To Development
1993
Cladophora algae grows in 6-foot strands and attaches itself to rocks.
A Decade Of Damage To Barton Creek Continues
December 2000