The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department noted that the company had done insufficient work to determine the impact on “important rare or protected species and their associated habitats”—including alligator snapping turtles and other creatures that live in or near the reservoir—along the more than 100-mile route proposal. https://www.texasobserver.org/locals-oppose-lake-livingston-proposed-power-line-project/

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