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Article: Resaca de la Palma offers nature's sights, sounds amid growing area.
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- Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2007
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Byline: Steve Sinclair/
Jun. 17--It's an oasis in a sea of development. That alone is reason enough for Resaca de la Palma State Park to be a special place in the Rio Grande Valley.
But there's more to this park than that -- much more.
Resaca de la Palma is a remnant of what the Lower Valley once was. An ancient resaca snakes through a forest of Texas ebony trees, sabal palms and rare plants such as Bailey's ballmoss. It's a Valley time warp.
An alert visitor might see nesting Altamira orioles, a summer tanager or maybe a green kingfisher. And, just maybe, an endangered ocelot or jaguarundi may still be stalking the forest.
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