For Star subscribers: Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity and other groups win settlement that reinforces the U.S. government's obligation to address environmental damage done by the border wall.
Danyelle Khmara A new settlement between conservation groups and federal agencies reinforces the government's obligation to address environmental damage done by the border wall and bars further use of military funds for wall construction.“Much of this is irreparable with the wall standing,” said Brian Segee, a lawyer for the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity.
The settlement only addresses border barriers built with redirected Department of Defense funding and ignores projects built with money appropriated by Congress. But most of the construction in Arizona was done with DOD money, redirected from funding for military training facilities, schools, vehicles, aircraft and ships.
Typically, environmental impact statements on such projects cost between 1% and 3% of the total project budget, Traphagen said. The Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department did not respond to questions about how much funding would be available. The organization has preliminary data showing that after the floodgates were closed, large animals, such as mountain lions, which naturally move north and south across the border, were no longer crossing, Traphagen says.
And in January, CBP announced a proposal to clean up and repair damage in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, including environmentally sensitive areas in Organ Pipe National Monument, Buenos Aires and Cabeza Prieta wildlife refuges, San Pedro National Riparian Area and Coronado National Memorial.
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