‘Total chaos’: the biological wonderland threatened by Trump’s border wall
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Key context: <p>Environmental groups are sounding the alarm over plans that threaten a desert spring that’s home to rare fish and turtles and sacred to the O’odham people</p><p>Quitobaquito Springs in south-west Arizona has been called a biological wonderland with few equals.</p><p>The springs are an oasis in the vast Sonoran desert along the US-Mexico border, held sacred by the O’odham people, who call it A’al Vaipia. Here, water flows out of an aquifer at the bottom of a hill, runs along a short concrete channel and collects in a pond.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/arizona-border-wall-endangered-species">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Environmental groups are sounding the alarm over plans that threaten a desert spring that’s home to rare fish and turtles and sacred to the O’odham peopleQuitobaquito Springs in south-west Arizona has been called a biological wonderland with few equals.The springs are an oasis in the vast Sonoran desert along the US-Mexico border, held sacred by the O’odham people, who call it A’al Vaipia. Here, water flows out of an aquifer at the bottom of a hill, runs along a short concrete channel and collects in a pond. Continue reading...
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