‘Total chaos’: the biological wonderland threatened by Trump’s border wall
Environmental groups are raising concerns over plans to build a second section of the US-Mexico border wall near Quitobaquito Springs in Arizona. The area is a critical habitat for rare species and holds deep cultural significance for the O'odham people.
Why it matters
The construction threatens a rare desert oasis and unique biodiversity, highlighting the ongoing tension between border security infrastructure and environmental conservation.
Quitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles. Quitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles. Arizona ‘Total chaos’: the biological wonderland threatened by Trump’s border wall 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
Prefer the Guardian on Google Quitobaquito 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.
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