Well, after years of back and forth arguments between the disc golf community and the environmentalist camp, the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department has finally made the decision to close down the Pease Park DGC and remove all the baskets. The ruling sited "excessive erosion due to heavy foot traffic along the banks of Shoal Creek" as the leading cause for the removal of the baskets. There was also mention that the compacted soil due to the heavy foot traffic along the drainage areas could lead to flash floods after a heavy downpour. The wording of the ruling seemed to indicate that removing the course is going to be permanent because the only time table that was mentioned was the removal of the baskets by the end of April.
