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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Alejandra Martinez

Llano River communities fight former oil executive’s plan for a private dam


JUNCTION — Linda Fawcett's ancestral home in this West Texas town holds a 6-feet-by-4-feet oil painting depicting her biggest fear: the Llano River going dry.

The painting features a waterfall cascading at the top, an hourglass marking the passage of time in the middle, and a barren desert with a skeletal figure below, symbolizing life when a body of water disappears.

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