Dramatic Decline in Wetland Wildlife Has Occurred at Quitobaquito Oasis Since Border Wall

At least forty-seven species of birds that recently depended upon spring-fed habitats have not been recorded at the Quitobaquito oasis in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument since the border wall construction began nearly a year ago. This new finding from ecologists and ornithologists suggests that a quarter of the riparian...

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A Call from Conservation Biologists and Hydrologists to Halt Wall Construction Impacts on Quitobaquito Springs

An “oasis of hope” in the Borderlands As conservation biologists and hydrologists who have collectively worked on the border at Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument for over four decades, we wish to express our deep concerns about one of the most biodiverse and culturally significant oasis habitat...

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