Stop destruction to Arizona’s national parks

Russ McSpadden / Center for Biological Diversity

In the heart of Arizona's Sonoran Desert, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument protects one of the most biologically rich landscapes in the National Park System and a rare desert oasis known as Quitobaquito Springs. This special place supports unique wildlife, provides water, and remains an important cultural site for the O'odham peoples today. Now, that landscape is under threat.

The Trump administration is moving forward with the construction of a second border wall at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, potentially running up to, or even through, Quitobaquito Springs. At the same time, border wall construction is advancing at Coronado National Memorial, where blasting and bulldozing threaten wildlife habitat and one of the last remaining wildlife corridors along the Arizona-Mexico border.

America's national parks should not be sacrificed for another border wall project. Urge the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to protect Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, and the irreplaceable wildlife, cultural resources, and sacred sites that depend on them.

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Ms

Michelle

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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I oppose Customs and Border Protection’s plans to construct and expand a border wall and related infrastructure through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Coronado National Memorial.

The proposed wall could tear through some of southern Arizona’s most important landscapes and cultural sites, including Quitobaquito Springs and one of the last remaining wildlife corridors on the Arizona-Mexico border.

Building a border wall through these National Park Service sites will further damage wildlife connectivity, water resources, and cultural sites that are important to local communities. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument already has border wall and the construction of a second could cause further, irreversible damage to this unique place. And walls at Coronado are tearing through a natural and cultural landscape full of diverse wildlife, including the rare ocelots and jaguars of the region. Destruction at both park landscapes also threatens recreation economies that support made-in-America jobs in local communities.

I also urge you to be transparent about your plans for border infrastructure at all national parks along the border, including Big Bend National Park and Amistad National Recreation Area. Walls, roads, lighting, vehicle barriers and the construction needed to put any of these in place could lead to irreversible damage to the parks and surrounding communities.

Please stop this unnecessary destruction to America’s national parks.

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