DEVELOPMENT CLOUDS HILL COUNTRY CREEK
NEIGHBORS FIGHT POLLUTION FROM DAM
BY KEVIN CARMODY, Published in The Austin American Statesman, April 5, 2004

"Early last August, Pepper Morris walked down the hillside from her home to a cypress-shaded swimming hole on Lick Creek, in western Travis County, to find the normally crystal-clear water a murky brown and dotted with white foam..."
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NEW SCRUTINY OF CREEKSIDE DEVELOPER
2 U.S. AGENCIES LOOKING INTO WATER, SPECIES ISSUES IN HILL COUNTRY
BY KEVIN CARMODY, Published in The Austin American Statesman, April 6, 2004

"Two federal agencies confirmed Monday that they are investigating possible violations of the federal Clean Water aned Endangered Species acts at a western Travis County residential development.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the West Cypress Hills development a cease and desist order after determining that its developer violated the Clean Water Act by filling the east branch tributary of Lick Creek without contacting the Corps or obtaining the required permit, the order states..."
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CONSTRUCTION SITE POLLUTING ANCIENT CREEK
BY JAMES KEITH, Published on news8austin.com, May 9, 2004

"Construction on a new subdivision in West Travis County has neighbors upset. People living near the West Cypress Hills construction site said work on the development is hurting the environment..."
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WEST CYPRESS HILLS
(OR "THE BIG MUD SLIDE AT LICK-NO-MORE CREEK")
BY AMY SMITH, Published in The Austin Chronicle, May 28, 2004

"This is a disaster that's no longer waiting to happen - it already has. Developer Russell Parker is in defensive mode after discharges from a dam he built to accompany a storm water detention pond turned the clear waters of Lick Creek into a dark, murky mess farther downstream..."
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LEGAL ACTION ON LICK CREEK
BY AMY SMITH, Published in The Austin Chronicle, June 18, 2004

"Attorneys for nine residents in the Lick Creek area have warned the developer of a western Travis County Co. subdivision to expect a lawsuitif state and federal agencies don't bring legal action against him for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act..."
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NEW DAM DEBACLE HALTS WEST TRAVIS PROJECT
BY KEVIN CARMODY, Published in The Austin American Statesman, June 19, 2004

"The subdivision that some western Travis County residents consider a poster child for improperly designed Hill Country developments, West Cypress Hills, is in more hot water over dirty water..."
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THE SHOWDOWN AT LICK CREEK
AS ONCE CLEAR WATER RUNS DARK, A COMMUNITY DEFENDS ITS NATURAL HEART
BY AMY SMITH, Published in The Austin Chronicle, July 2, 2004

"If there is any good that has come out of the Lick Creek pollution disaster, it's that Warren Stinson successfully contested his property tax bill and got $10,000 knocked off the value of his modest homestead..."
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LCRA FINDS LESS POLLUTION IN WESTERN TRAVIS CREEK
BY KEVIN CARMODY, Published in The Austin American Statesman, July 5, 2004

"The embattled developer of the West Cypress Hills subdivision got a bit of good news Friday as an inspector from the Lower Colorado River Authority confirmed that damage to a dam's silt filter had been repaired and, with other recent improvements, had drastically reduced pollution entering Lick Creek in western Travis County..."
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LCRA REWORKING ANTI-POLLUTION LAWS ON HIGHLAND LAKES
BY KEVIN CARMODY, Published in The Austin American Statesman, July 5, 2004

"Amid the buzz about development moratoriums and regional plans in fast-growing, environmentally sensitive areas west of Austin, a potentially far more significant anti-pollution effort has been moving forward out of the spotlight..."
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LICK CREEK TAINTED ONCE MORE
DAM WORK HALTED OVER STORMWATER DUMPING AT WEST TRAVIS PROJECT
BY KEVIN CARMODY, Published in The Austin American Statesman, July 7, 2004

"County and state inspectors ordered a new work stoppage at the West Cypress Hills subdivision on Tuesday after discovering, among other problems, workers dumping polluted stormwater over the project's controversial dam and into the once-pristine Lick Creek, officials said..."
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LICK CREEK: THE CRISIS CONTINUES
BY AMY SMITH, Published in The Austin Chronicle, July 9, 2004

"The problem-plagued West Cypress Hills development in western Travis County, was hit with yet another stop-work order Tuesday, after county officials saw construction workers pumping mud and silt from a storm-water detention pond into Lick Creek. West Cypress Hills was already under another stop-work order, issued by the Lower Colorado River Authority to halt all construction at the site until repairs had been made to bring the malfunctioning detention pond and dam into compliance..."
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MUD STILL FLOWING AT LICK CREEK
BY AMY SMITH, Published in The Austin Chronicle, July 16, 2004

"At the West Cypress Hills subdivision these days in western Travis Co., it's news when the development project ("The Showdown at Lick Creek," July 2) survives the week without an admonishment from one regulatory agency or another..."
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BUILDER FINED FOR POLLUTION OF CREEK
BY KEVIN CARMODY, Published in The Austin American Statesman, October 6, 2004

"The Lower Colorado River Authority has imposed a relatively rare $5,000 fine and threatened identical daily fines on the developer of a Hill Country subdivision whose dam has been deemed responsible for polluting Lick Creek..."
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