A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas, while environmental groups vowed to continue their legal challenge.

一名联邦法官周一拒绝阻止特朗普政府将700多英亩野生动物保护区土地转让给SpaceX，作为得克萨斯州土地置换的一部分，而环保组织则誓言将继续他们的法律挑战。

US district judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr declined the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the parcel exchange, saying they failed to prove it would worsen ecological risks to a Gulf coast region already transformed by billionaire Elon Musk's rocket operations.

美国地区法官小费尔南多·罗德里格斯驳回了原告请求初步禁令以阻止这块土地交换的申请，称他们未能证明这会加剧对墨西哥湾沿岸地区的生态风险——该地区已被亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克的火箭运营所改变。

In June, the US Fish and Wildlife Service approved moving forward with the deal with SpaceX, which would surrender 683 acres the company owns in exchange for the federal land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The 103,000-acre refuge spans four counties along the Texas border and is home to animal habitats and historical landmarks.

今年6月，美国鱼类和野生动物管理局批准推进与SpaceX的这项交易，该公司将交出自己拥有的683英亩土地，以换取下里奥格兰德河谷国家野生动物保护区内的联邦土地。 这座占地103,000英亩的保护区横跨得克萨斯州边境的四个县，是动物栖息地和历史地标的所在地。

Maps show the land SpaceX would acquire would be closer to the company's launchpad near the US-Mexico border.

地图显示，SpaceX将获得的土地更靠近该公司位于美墨边境附近的发射台。

The swap amounts to a gift of public lands to SpaceX, "clearing the way for bulldozers to tear into this wildlife refuge as soon as next week and turn a public treasure into a private payday", said Laiken Jordahl, a spokesperson with the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed the lawsuit alongside other opponents including tribal groups. Jordahl said Monday that the litigation will continue even as the exchange goes forward.

生物多样性中心发言人莱肯·乔达尔表示，这次置换无异于将公共土地赠送给SpaceX，“为推土机最快下周开进这片野生动物保护区、将公共财富变为私人牟利铺平道路”。该中心与其他反对者（包括部落团体）共同提起了诉讼。 乔达尔周一表示，即使土地交换继续进行，诉讼也将继续。

"This court order is not the final word. These lands hold incredible spiritual, historical and conservation value for the people and wildlife of South Texas. We won't stop fighting to keep this irreplaceable public wildlife refuge safe from SpaceX bulldozers," Jordahl said in a statement.

“这项法院命令并非最终定论。 这些土地对南得克萨斯的人民和野生动物具有难以置信的精神、历史和保护价值。 我们不会停止斗争，绝不让SpaceX的推土机破坏这片不可替代的公共野生动物保护区，”乔达尔在一份声明中说。

The lawsuit asks the federal court to halt the exchange, which has worried SpaceX opponents in the area who have long criticized the company's expanding footprint over lost access to beaches and concerns over exploding rockets.

诉讼请求联邦法院叫停这次置换。此举令当地SpaceX反对者感到担忧，他们长期以来一直批评该公司不断扩张的足迹，理由是失去了通往海滩的通道以及对火箭爆炸的担忧。

The Fish and Wildlife Service did not respond to a request for comment on Monday's decision. Previously, a spokesperson had said the agency does not comment on ongoing litigation.

鱼类和野生动物管理局未回应周一就裁决提出的置评请求。 此前，一名发言人曾表示该机构不对正在进行的诉讼发表评论。

The agency issued a final environmental assessment report in June that determined the exchange would cause no significant impact to the area. The report said the federal government believed the acquisition would represent a "net conservation benefit" and provide "substantial long-term conservation value and improving landscape-scale habitat connectivity across refuges in south Texas".

该机构6月发布了一份最终环境评估报告，认定这次置换不会对该地区造成重大影响。 报告称，联邦政府认为此次收购将带来“净保护效益”，并提供“可观的长期保护价值，改善南得克萨斯各保护区之间景观尺度的栖息地连通性”。

The judge said that the plaintiffs offered "relatively weak" evidence of environmental harm.

法官表示，原告提供的环境损害证据“相对薄弱”。

"While they rightfully argue that the preservation of wildlife and historical lands furthers the public interest, they present no evidence demonstrating that the Property will suffer aesthetic, environmental, cultural, or historical degradation during the pendency of this lawsuit," Rodriguez wrote in his ruling.

“虽然他们正确地指出，保护野生动物和历史土地符合公共利益，但他们没有提供任何证据表明该房产在本诉讼审理期间会遭受审美、环境、文化或历史方面的退化，”罗德里格斯在裁决中写道。

In addition, the judge said a preliminary injunction would result in modifications to SpaceX's development plans, "placing additional hardship on the company's ability to meet milestones and contractual obligations".

此外，法官表示，初步禁令将导致SpaceX的开发计划被迫修改，“给该公司实现里程碑目标和合同义务的能力带来额外困难”。

SpaceX did not return an email seeking comment on the judge's ruling.

SpaceX未回复就法官裁决寻求置评的电子邮件。

The space exploration company first broke ground in Texas more than a decade ago and has expanded rapidly, so much that SpaceX employees last year voted to incorporate their own local government called Starbase.

这家太空探索公司十多年前首次在得克萨斯州破土动工，此后迅速扩张，以至于SpaceX员工去年投票决定成立自己的地方政府，名为“Starbase”。