Originally posted March 09, 2026 at Our Public Lands and Waters
Plans for a wall on this part of the southern border have been discussed—and opposed—for years. Things became much more serious last February, however, when the Department of Homeland Security, under then-Secretary Kristi Noem, published a notice in the Federal Register, in which she outlined “immediate” plans to “construct additional physical barriers and roads” in the 517-mile Big Bend Sector.
In the notice, Noem also waived 28 environmental, conservation, and preservation laws, a truly shocking list of crucial laws that includes the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. I listed all 28 laws here in a previous article.
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