Border 2025's Amistad Task Force
One of the three task forces of the Four-State Regional Workgroup in the binational Border 2025 Program is the Amistad Task Force, in the northwestern portion of the region.
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The Amistad Task Force is one of three sub-regional groups in the Four-State Regional Workgroup in the U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Environmental Program
(successor to Border 2020), which is a partnership among the U.S. EPA, Mexico’s SEMARNAT (the counterpart to EPA), the ten border states in the two countries, and U.S. border tribes. The Amistad Task Force covers Val Verde, Kinney, and Maverick Counties in Texas and the Municipalities of Nava, Acuña, and Piedras Negras in Coahuila.
Amistad Task Force Co-Leaders
| Texas |
Coahuila |
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|
Honorable Rolando Salinas |
Biol. Eglantina Canales, Secretariat of Environment of Coahuila |
Committees of the Amistad Task Force
The task force has established two subject-specific committees. Each committee has a U.S. co-facilitator and a Mexican co-facilitator.
Committee |
U.S. Co-Facilitator(s) |
Mexican Co-Facilitator |
|---|---|---|
| Waste Committee |
Sergio Garcia Eagle Pass Public Works |
Matias Eloy Rivera Depto de Ecologia, Cd. Acuña, Coahuila |
| Environmental Education & Health |
Vacant |
Victor Manuel Ibarra Instituto Tecnólogico de Piedras Negras |
| Emergency Preparedness |
Manuel Mello, Fire Chief, City of Eagle Pass |
Cesar Augusto González Proteccion Civil Coahuila |
The Amistad Task Force has met periodically, established its priorities related to the goals and objectives of the Border 2025Program (successor to Border 2020), and developed projects to address those priorities.
Other Information about the Border Region
-
La Paz Agreement
(1983 Framework Agreement between the U.S. and Mexico on Environmental Topics)
- Binational Population Data in Sister Cities along the Rio Grande