Larkin Fork Floods

Sometimes the Larkin Fork becomes the Larkin Flood. Developers would put in dams and drainage to prevent this and in doing so, destroy one of the world’s treasures.

The Larkin Fork at flood stage

The Paint Rock Valley is unique in the amount of life it holds. Our friends at The Nature Conservancy have dedicated major resources to cataloging and preserving all that is here.  We appreciate the science and dedication they have shown to this area.

It is arrogance to presume that this place should be like every other flattened, paved piece of monotony that dots America. If lack of development was the price to pay for losing the civil war, then maybe it wasn’t too high a price.

The Larkin Fork jumps its banks on the North end, crosses the hay field and flows back into itself a quarter mile farther South.

The lesson one learns in this situation is to use high tensile wire for fencing, not woven wire. A second lesson is that one should plan in a few “sacrifice posts” to appease the river gods.