By: Sherry Lynn Gros For The Highland Park Review
“Men may dam it and say that they have made a lake, but it will still be a river. It will keep its nature and bide its time, like a caged animal alert for the slightest opening. In time, it will have its way; the dam, like the ancient cliffs, will be carried away piecemeal in the currents.” —Wendell Berry, “The Unforeseen Wilderness,” 1972 Photos: Courtesy of Sherry Lynn Gros Collection, November 19, 2019, Backside of Optimist Lake Dam at the Milkhouse Creek West Mobile AL
Since my heart attack April 29, 2024 I have had to slow down a bit. More play less work was my doctor’s request to me when he released me from the hospital in May a week later.
We still have a lot of work to do to secure clean waters of the Milkhouse Creek for future generations. At this time there is no consequences for polluters. We must work together to change that.
Our next campaign at Highland Park Community Association is that of recruiting for The Citizens Clean Water Commission. Our mission is to clean local tributaries and to strengthen environmental protection laws with fines and jail time through our local legislators. If you are interested in this mission work sponsored by HPca please Join us.
