On the way to the desert oasis of Quitobaquito Springs, Puerto Blanco Drive parallels the border with Mexico for about 13 miles through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. West of Lukeville and the Mexican town of Sonoyta, the border fence, designed as a pedestrian barrier, undulates up a hillside studded with saguaros before ending abruptly. The high mesh fence of oxidized steel then gives way to a low rail-and-post barricade intended to prevent vehicles from crossing into the United States while allowing wildlife to pass through.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for public input on a proposed rule that would protect a tiny, endangered species in southern Arizona’s Quitobaquito Springs.
A federal report released Thursday found numerous instances that construction of the border wall during the Trump administration adversely impacted wildlife, the environment and Indigenous and other culture on the Southwest border.
A federal report released Thursday found numerous instances that construction of the border wall during the Trump administration adversely impacted wildlife, the environment and Indigenous and other culture on the Southwest border.
Quitobaquito Springs is a natural water source near the US-Mexico border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. It’s a sacred site and historic homestead to a southern Arizona tribe. It's also now housing some of the state’s most endangered species. But the site is now in peril.