Trump’s rush to build US border wall fuels fear of lasting harms Megan Janetsky © Large construction machinery blows up dust along a recently built stretch of border barrier along th. Large construction machinery blows up dust along a recently built stretch of border barrier along the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Arizona on January 8, 2021 [Megan Janetsky/Al Jazeera]
San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, United States – Biologist Myles Traphagen flips through images captured by his wildlife cameras and shakes his head in disbelief: a javelina, a bird watcher, a couple of US Border Patrol agents – that’s it.
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At a secluded spot in southeast Arizona, the San Pedro River flows north from Mexico and crosses the United States border, running under a majestic canopy of tall cottonwood trees. The river s winding path is a migration gateway and critical habitation for hundreds of animal species. The National Audubon Society for Arizona says 40% of bird species in North America spend part of their lives on the San Pedro River at some point.
AJO, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -Â It is called El Camino del Diablo, or the Devil s Highway. It has drawn settlers, miners, migrants, and adventure-seekers to the Arizona desert for hundreds of years.
But this, last wild space, as author Charles Bowden once referred to it, has lost some of its rugged allure - thanks to the US Department of Homeland Security and the effort to build a border wall.
There once was a two-track jeep trail that attracted overlanders and naturalists from around the world. There is now a 30 foot wide graded road. It is smooth enough for big rigs to haul supplies to construction crews blasting away at the desert. We even saw a Honda Accord driving along the route.