This is the first time I have read about this Administration using "Eminent Domain" for land acquisition. The admin states it will be installing fencing, security lights, and security cameras through Mount Cristo Rey.
“Congress passed the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to protect spectacular wilderness rivers just like this very stretch of the Rio Grande. The administration’s decision to waive the act and dozens of other environmental laws lays the groundwork for the destruction of one of the wildest places in America,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.
Today’s waiver authorizes construction of new fencing, barriers, roads and sensors across a remote segment of the border extending east of the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area deep into the Lower Canyons toward Amistad Reservoir. This is roadless canyon country only accessible by floating for multiple days on the river.
On Feb. 17 the Department of Homeland Security waived 28 environmental and cultural resource protection laws to fast-track construction in the Big Bend region — including through Big Bend Ranch State Park — and it has since awarded construction contracts for much of the work. According to local media reports, contractors have been surveying inside Big Bend National Park.
In April, the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Ruidosa Church and a Big Bend-area river guide and landowner filed a federal lawsuit, represented by the Texas Civil Rights Project, saying the Department of Homeland Security is exercising powers Congress never authorized. The suit contends the waivers violate the major questions doctrine, which requires explicit congressional approval for actions with vast economic and political consequences.
TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON THE DEWEY BURDOCK URANIUM MINE!
DON'T DELAY!
Here is a direct link to submit your comment on the BLM page:
Help protect Pe' Sla by leaving a public comment!
The United States Forest Service is accepting public comments on the proposed Dewey-Burdock Uranium Mine until May 14th, 2026.
DO NOT DELAY AND PERSONALIZE YOUR COMMENT!
A simple "I AM FOR/AGAINST THIS PROJECT" will not be taken by the USFS as a valid comment for consideration. Comments MUST include why you are for/against mining in the Black Hills and MUST include supporting statements.
If you run out of room in the comment box, multiple submissions can be made as well. Examples to keep track is beginning the comment with 1/#, 1 of #, etc.
Here is the direct link to submitting a comment on the USFS public comment page:
Found this article to be really helpful to read regarding Glyphosate usage.
I have been following the US House-bill H.R. 7567-The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 and after seeing House Representative Thomas Massie warning about the liability shields being put in place by this Farm Bill, I certainly will be inquiring my representatives more on their support for such a protection from the law.