Who’s defending Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR?
Wildlife refuge in Texas, 715 acres, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, designated in 1979.
The defenders
Nobody has claimed this fight yet
No group in our directory carries Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.
1 more work nearby but is not tied to Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR on the record
The situation
What’s happening to Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR
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.
- 2026FWS approves Boca Chica land exchange (FONSI)USFWS / Texas Tribune · June 1, 2026
- 2026Conservation groups file suit to stop the exchange
No public comment window is open on Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR 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.
Your move
How to stand for Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR
A ready call script on Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR, plus any comment window as it opens.
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Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR has defenders. It needs more.
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.