A Starr County property was purchased to build border wall, while Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state has many options for a sprawling ranch in West Texas.
A ridge in South Brewster County overlooking Big Bend National Park on Jan. 23, 2024. The Texas General Land Office has purchased ranches in Brewster and Starr counties this week.The state General Land Office announced this week that it has bought a massive ranch in the Big Bend region and a smaller ranch in Starr County , where state leaders plan to build a 1.5-mile stretch of border wall along the Rio Grande.
“With such a beautiful and expansive property, the GLO has the opportunity to generate many forms of revenue for the schoolchildren of Texas,” Buckingham said in a statement to The Texas Tribune., Buckingham said the GLO was also blocking foreign adversaries from buying the Brewster Ranch, a collection of 28 ranches that had been parceled together by the owner over two decades.
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