Photos: Residents in the Sulphur River Basin fear their land will be inundated if Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built
Dallas Morning News, October 30, 2024
Reid Nolen, 9, plays on a tire swing as his sister, Layla, 5, and his mother Mandi Rolen look on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Eddie Belcher, 63, looks out from the porch of the home he built on land in Red River County that has been in his family for seven generations on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, near Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Cuthand Creek cuts through Bill & Joyce Wilson’s 8,500-acre property in Red River County, Texas, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Cattle graze in a pasture that would be completely submerged by the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in Red River County, Texas, Oct. 15, 2024, in Cuthand, Texas. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Gary Cheatwood, 85, (top left) and his son Gary Cheatwood Jr., 48, (bottom) go over a map the elder Cheatwood made to assess properties impacted by the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir with John Brooks (top) and Jim Vignali (right) on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Rows of logs await processing at the Ward Timber mill on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Linden, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Behind a Texas Historical marker noting the log cabin built by his family at the site in 1841, Dickie Dalby, 83, waves passersby from his property on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Red River County, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
The sun sets on a graffiti covered bridge crossing the Sulphur River on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, near Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
The faint streak of comet Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is seen over the Sulphur River, which is illuminated by moonlight, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Red River County, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
With a hunting rifle handy on their Kawasaki Mule, Bill & Joyce Wilson drive through their 8,500-acre property in Red River County, Texas, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Eddie Belcher, (left) sits with his sister Monica Townes and looks out from the porch of the home he built on land in Red River County that has been in his family for seven generations on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, near Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
A Rivercrest ISD school bus drops off students after school on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Gary Cheatwood, 85, gathers with fellow landowners on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
As one of the family’s dogs looks on, Aaron Rolen pushes his son Reid, 9, on a tire swing while holding his brother Lane, 2, while mom Mandi Rolen, holds his sister Lyla, 5, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at their home in Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
The grave of Charles Bradley Guest is illuminated as night falls on the Cuthand Cemetery on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Cuthand, Texas. Residents in the Sulphur River Basin will be impacted if the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in northeast Texas is built. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Dickie Dalby, 83, walks toward his home that was built near a log cabin built by his family at the site in 1841 on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Red River County, Texas. He said his land wouldn’t be inundated by the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir but will likely be used for mitigation. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)