Lifelong Cedar Rapids resident Rae Jeanne Kilberger has donated and helped fund a new nature preserve named “Bird Preserve” in honor of her grandfather. According to a plaque at the new preserve, Clayton “Jack” Bird valued "the land, its beauty, the wetlands, the wildlife & birds, beauty and giving and sharing with others.“
Battle over border wall construction on Starr County bird preserve continues
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Last year, the Trump administration sued to build a border wall on a stretch of land that cuts through the Salineño Bird Preserve in Starr County.
Nearly two weeks ago, the bird preserve was served again for the same access. The U.S. government is now asking for 0.7 acres of the 2.6 acre preserve.
The bird preserve is owned by the Valley Land Fund, a nonprofit that works to preserve wildlife in the Rio Grande Valley.