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Who’s defending Lower Rio Grande Valley?

1 group likely to care, a guess from mission and footprint

Wildlife refuge in Texas, 715 acres, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, designated in 1979.

Likely to care

Groups likely to care about Lower Rio Grande Valley

This group is a guess from each group's stated mission and where it works, not a record of work on this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

1 more work nearby but is not tied to Lower Rio Grande Valley on the record

More ways in

Western National Parks AssociationWorking this regionFriends Group

The situation

What’s happening to Lower Rio Grande Valley

A refuge stitched together from more than 100 tracts along the last wild stretches of the Rio Grande, home to ocelots, aplomado falcons, and one of the most biodiverse corners of the country. In June 2026 the Fish and Wildlife Service approved the Boca Chica Land Exchange, handing 715 acres of protected refuge land next to SpaceX’s Starbase to the company, including parts of the Palmito Ranch Battlefield National Historic Landmark. Conservation groups sued within days, arguing the trade sacrifices irreplaceable habitat and public land to private rocket operations.

  1. 2026FWS approves Boca Chica land exchange (FONSI)USFWS / Texas Tribune · June 1, 2026
  2. 2026Conservation groups file suit to stop the exchange

No public comment window is open on Lower Rio Grande Valley right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.

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How to stand for Lower Rio Grande Valley

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Build my lineup around Lower Rio Grande Valley: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.

Lower Rio Grande Valley has defenders. It needs more.

The work is theirs. The backing is yours.

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Sources and methodThe situation, timeline, and threats: the MTJP threatened-lands record for Lower Rio Grande Valley, with per-item sources. Which groups are on the record for this place: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-10-16. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.