The idea that humans could work with nature and let the harmony which it possesses influence the way we live was lost when it came to this grand river. The desire to control led to a “growth at any cost” syndrome and the once “Most Holy Trinity” became an eyesore with no use unless it was turned into something unnatural and grey. It was not until centuries after the settlement of the land that the “burgeoning environmentalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s led to a renewed interest in reconnecting with nature, heightening awareness of the Trinity’s sorry state.” (Klaver & Frith) Finally people began to see the astonishing benefits that come with a natural body of water. While straightening and bullying would turn the river into a moneymaking, industry-harvesting machine, restoring it to the natural beauty that it once held will nourish a vastly healthier society both physically and socially. This prospect of restoration turned the “forgotten river [into] Dallas’s … best hope. “ (Klaver &
The idea that humans could work with nature and let the harmony which it possesses influence the way we live was lost when it came to this grand river. The desire to control led to a “growth at any cost” syndrome and the once “Most Holy Trinity” became an eyesore with no use unless it was turned into something unnatural and grey. It was not until centuries after the settlement of the land that the “burgeoning environmentalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s led to a renewed interest in reconnecting with nature, heightening awareness of the Trinity’s sorry state.” (Klaver & Frith) Finally people began to see the astonishing benefits that come with a natural body of water. While straightening and bullying would turn the river into a moneymaking, industry-harvesting machine, restoring it to the natural beauty that it once held will nourish a vastly healthier society both physically and socially. This prospect of restoration turned the “forgotten river [into] Dallas’s … best hope. “ (Klaver &