More than 130 conservation groups, outfitters and rural Texas businesses urged Congress today to block federal funding for border wall construction in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.
A wall through Big Bend would sever public access to the Rio Grande and devastate the region’s wildlife, recreation economy, and natural and cultural heritage.
“Congress needs to step in and stop this massively destructive, universally despised trainwreck before it scars the Big Bend region forever,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity. “We won’t let Washington bureaucrats wall off the Rio Grande, block animals from their drinking water and pave over our beloved campsites, swimming holes and trailheads. Big Bend is worth fighting for and we’re just getting started.”
Read the full article at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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