Large retention pond between Regency Oaks and Archer Woods Apartments

The retention pond between Regency Oaks and Archer Woods Apartments is a large body of semi-permanent water that attracts water birds and provides water for breeding amphibians and thirsty wildlife. It is protected from development and, as the pictures below illustrate, already provides significantly more habitat for wildlife than when first excavated. The proposed 24th Avenue extension will place four lanes of traffic between this three acres of wildlife habitat and the wildlife habitat in NATL. [See essay on effects of fragmentation.]

	Northeastward view from parking lot of On the Border Mexican Grill and Cantina. The wooden fence on the right separates the pond from Archer Woods Apartments. Note emergent vegetation in foreground.
	Northwestward view from parking lot of On the Border Mexican Grill and Cantina. Note fallen tree.
	Southeastward view from NATL's South Trail. Note that the trees in the foreground are on retention pond property.
	Southward view from NATL's South Trail. Note extensive emergent vegetation near Archer Woods Apartments.
	South-southwestward view from NATL's South Trail. Note further trees on retention pond property.