Border 2020's Amistad Task Force

Other News of Interest

◊ 2013 Mid-year Progress Report on Border 2020 Action Plan   ◊ EPA publishes guide for e-waste management in northeast Mexico (in English and Spanish) prepared by Mexican university   ◊ Report on the management of scrap tires in Coahuila (in Spanish)

The Amistad Task Force is one of three sub-regional groups in the Four-State Regional Workgroup in the U.S.-Mexico Border 2020 Environmental Program (successor to Border 2012), 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 Municipios of Nava, Acuña, and Piedras Negras in Coahuila.

Amistad Task Force Co-Leaders

Texas				Mexico
The Honorable Ramsay English Cantu Mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas				Lic. Ana Gabriela Fernández Osuna Presidente Municipal, Nava, 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.

The Amistad Task Force has met periodically, established its priorities related to the goals and objectives of the Border 2020 Program (successor to Border 2012), and developed projects to address those priorities.

See the 2013 mid-year progress report on the Action Plan for the Four-State Regional Workgroup.

The Amistad Task Force's Accomplishments Report for 2010-2011 highlights the major accomplishments of activities implemented from October 2010 through September 2011.

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
• Border Energy web site
• Border Tire Network