The Big Thicket National Preserve.
Environmentalists believe the government is the answer.
The individual, or small land owner, thinks otherwise. They say they can best save the land in question from destruction. They quickly point out they have saved the lands thus far and have done such a good job of it that now others want to take it from them. From 1987 until 1993, Village Creek and Big Sandy Creek were included in legislation that would ncrease the size of the preserve from 84,000 to 100,000. Second District Congressman Charles Wilson had proposed the legislation and found himself locked in heated battle with private landowners along the creek's banks who contended the government was going too far in taking away private property rights.