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Border Issues

In the Shadow of the Wall

In the Shadow of the Wall, a two-part Defenders of Wildlife report, explores these and other conservation consequences of extending the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in detail. Part I: Wildlife, Habitat and Collaborative Conservation at Risk provides an overview of how the wall affects wildlife, habitat, human communities, conservation and binational collaboration.

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Border wall construction, Arizona/Sonora border

Border wall construction, Arizona/Sonora border
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Border monument and border wall construction

Border monument and border wall construction
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El Camino Del Diablo, Cabeza Prieta

Photo log from the El Camino Del Diablo... from Tule Well in the west to Bates Well in Organ Pipe National Monument in the east. Photos taken by Mikal Jakubal in early 2013.

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Camp Grip, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge

This base was dropped into the middle of nowhere in Cabeza Prieta at a place called Papago Well, and has heavy impact on the local flora and fauna.

Camp Grip, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
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Flooding at the border wall in Nogales

Flooding at the border wall in Nogales
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Border wall construction near Sasabe, Arizona/Sonora

This photo was taken on the border just east of Sasabe, Arizona on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge.

Border wall construction near Sasabe, Arizona/Sonora
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Death of a Pioneer Trail, the El Camino del Diablo

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A caring individual's personal narrative and photos about changes to the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge and the El Camino del Diablo in southwestern Arizona. These changes happened primarily between the late 1990's and the first few years of the 2000's. See attached PDF.

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Wild Versus Wall (2010 Revision)

The film concerns the ecological effects of enforcement infrastructure on the U.S./Mexico border. Narrated by David Yetman.

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The Borderlands: Walls, People, and Wildlife

Sasabe border wall constructionThe northern border region of Sonora is almost entirely remote country.

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