More than 100 groups have urged Congress to reject any funding that would allow for a border wall to be built through Big Bend National Park or Big Bend Ranch State Park in Texas.
Such a wall would block public access to the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River 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.”
Comments are closed