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Since August 2019, crews installing a 30-foot-high wall in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument have blasted sacred sites near Quitobaquito and used up to 3 million gallons of groundwater per month to mix concrete.
Apr 27, 2024 · Jul 2, 2020 Updated Oct 17, 2020. 1 of 2. Large mud flats cover much of the north side of the pond at Quitobaquito Springs inside Organ Pipe National Monument. The pond is near the site along...
- A Path of Destruction Through A Wild Landscape
- Killing A Beloved Symbol of The Desert
- A Rare Oasis in Danger
- More Than Just A Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is about 130 miles west of where I live in Tucson, Arizona, and about the same distance southwest of Phoenix. The park’s southern boundary includes 30 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. All 30 miles already feature vehicle barriers and pedestrian walls. This existing infrastructure is now being torn up and replaced...
When I visited Organ Pipe on October 1, I took the video above that shows a bulldozer clearing native vegetation from the landscape, including a saguaro it had toppled moments before. This saguaro is one of many that are being bulldozed and cleared into slash piles, a process that is quicker and cheaper than relocating and replanting them. Saguaro ...
I was at Organ Pipe that day to show a reporter one of my favorite places, Quitobaquito Springs, an amazing desert oasis located less than half a mile from the southern border. Its very existence is threatened by wall construction. In an area that receives only five inches of rain per year, a thriving aquatic ecosystem such as this is rare and spec...
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument has been near and dear to me for more than 40 years. I first visited the park in the early 1970s when I was living in Phoenix. Since then, I have spent many hours hiking and camping here and advocating to protect the park and keep its wilderness areas undeveloped. This land is not just special to me and the many ...
Feb 8, 2020 · Construction crews are blasting a hill on Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to make way for the border wall. The blasting is taking place on Monument Hill, just to the west of the port...
Aug 2, 2020 · Scientists fear that construction of the border wall through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona is doing irreparable damage to Quitobaquito Springs, a tiny oasis surrounded by the prickly Sonoran Desert landscape.
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Jul 20, 2020 · Walls are going up several miles to the east of the spring in Organ Pipe and to the west in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
Sep 20, 2019 · As Juliet Eilperin and Nick Miroff report for the Post, the document identifies five sites that are threatened by the border wall construction, which began last month within Organ Pipe...
