"This is an agriculture drain and not a habitat"

"I am not interested in replanting native vegetation. The drain will be maintained the proper way, the way the City of El Paso and EPWU are required to do so, this is an agriculture drain and not a habitat." - Chuy Reyes

The quote above is in response to my message to Chuy Reyes just a while ago asking him about mitigation of the vegetation along the drain: "In a previous email I asked you if you would be interested in mitigating the clear cutting of the drain/canal by replanting native vegetation.  You have not responded. I look forward to your answer." His email was marked at 4:33 p.m. 7/8/2013.

I suggest that many of us request that the drain be mitigated now that he has destroyed habitat, killing animals and destroying nests.  Neanderthal attitudes such as Chuy's must be eradicated from El Paso culture.  His email is jreyes@epcwid1.org.

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi again: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”