Lately, there has been a lot of ink on paper paid for by LCRA and ONCOR to inform the public of their proposed routes for electrical lines from the south and west, which will go north and east, carrying windgenerated electricity.

I need electricity. And I’m all for wind-generated electricity. It’s a sustainable and renewable resource. Who wouldn’t be for that? As it turns out, I may not be, considering the price to be paid. Especially if it is obtained at the expense of a non-renewable resource. And what would that be, you ask? Sulphur Creek and the Sulphur Creek watershed, that’s what!

There are two alternate plans being considered by ONCOR for the construction of electrical transmission lines that could alter the life of Sulphur Creek. Maps of these routes are available for anyone to see at the Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce.

One of the proposed alternate routes runs along existing LCRA transmission lines running from east of the city of Lampasas to the Kempner area. The other runs along the railroad, which extends from the city of Lampasas to Kempner. It is this route that troubles me the most. At several points, it comes within 50 feet of Sulphur Creek.

The untold damage that could come to this delicate and valuable resource from the construction of 120- foot, erector-type towers, connected by 1,000-footwide easements, is unimaginable.

If there are others who may be concerned about the future of Sulphur Creek, they can contact: http:// www.savethelampasas.org/ or http://maxdaledingdong. com. These two organizations can provide information about what one can do to urge ONCOR and LCRA to consider a route that does not damage our non-renewable resources -- Sulphur Creek and the Lampasas River.

T J Mabrey Friends of Sulphur Creek