You aren’t from around here, are you? Get away from the towns and some of the land by the Rio Grande is breathtakingly, beautiful. If the engineers don’t thing the edge is a good idea I’m ok with building it back a little around people that don’t want to sell. It gives the BP running room and keeps things natural looking. Just don’t let anyone move into the area.
Used to be. The Rio Grande, could in no way be called “breathtakingly, beautiful” in the Rio Grande Vally. It’s muddy and none too clean. It does get nice around Big Bend country and is quite pretty in parts of New Mexico and Colorado. My point wasn’t that it was ugly however, but that landscaping wouldn’t improve it and would be far more expensive than it’s value since hardly anyone would see it. Just leave it alone and native plants will grow back around it in a year or two.
BTW, I also have an adopted buddy. He’s half Golden Retriever and half yellow Lab, as far as I can tell. His name is Jackson.