Environmentalists Fight SpaceX South Texas Refuge Swap In Court

2026-07-23T11:00:06.000Z The fight continues against SpaceX's controversial South Texas land swap. That deal, which the company made with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), gives SpaceX 727 acres (294 hectares) of public land that's currently part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. In exchange, the company hands over 683 acres (276 hectares) of its territory in the area, not all of it contiguous, to the USFWS. Last month, a coalition of conservation and tribal groups sued the USFWS ...