This Presidential Action impacts FWS directly-including wildlife refuges.
It directs #SecCookieMonster (among others) to provide for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense over such Federal lands…that are reasonably necessary to enable military…including border-barrier construction.”
It directs #SecCookieMonster (among others) to provide for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense over such Federal lands…that are reasonably necessary to enable military…including border-barrier construction.”
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“transfer and acceptance of jurisdiction over such Federal lands in accordance with applicable law to enable military activities…on a military installation under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and for the designation of such Federal lands as National Defense Areas”
https://defenders.org/wall
Cabeza Prieta and Buenos Aires NWRs in Arizona and Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR in Texas seem to be most impacted.
During a cabinet meeting…this week, Sec Homeland Security Kristi Noem touted low numbers of illegal crossings at the southern border…For the 2nd month in a row, the US broke the record for the lowest number of encounters at the border.