“The construction harmed some cultural and natural resources… by blasting at tribal burial sites,” the report says.
: “Pausing construction and cancelling contracts also paused restoration work — such as completing water drainage structures and reseeding disturbed areas with native vegetation.”
The GAO report offers multiple recommendations for executive action, including that United States Customs and Border Protection should document a strategy for mitigating impacts to natural and cultural resources with the Department of the Interior . The GAO also recommends that the Commissioner of CBP, with input from Interior, Department of Defense, tribes, and other stakeholders, should evaluate lessons learned from its prior assessments of potential impacts.
Specifically, the GAO report emphasized that CBP and Interior must consult with tribes moving forward. “We have also found that effective consultation is a key tenet of the government- to government relationship that the U.S. has with Tribes, which is based on tribal sovereignty,” the report states. “In particular, consultation regarding identifying and selecting mitigation actions could help the agencies benefit from understanding tribal concerns and priorities.
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