Tag: border wall

Biologists have been concerned that the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico would block the movement of wildlife between the two countries. That was the case for one Mexican...

A breeding population of ocelots just 30 miles south of the border is likely the source of occasional cat sightings in Arizona, biologists say. The population is the northernmost known...

Last month, the Department of the Interior announced the transfer of 560 acres of federal land along the United States-Mexico border to the Department of the Army, for the purpose...

Environmentalists worry a section of the proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States will cut through a Texas butterfly sanctuary. The 100-acre National Butterfly Center hosts over 200...

In a memo to the U.S. Border Patrol, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has warned that building a border wall through Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park could force it...

A continuous border wall between the United States and Mexico would cause trouble for the biodiversity of 1,506 native terrestrial and freshwater animal and plant species that use the border...

The Western and Southwest Sections of The Wildlife Society collaborated on a letter to their regions’ congressional representatives about the potential effects of the proposed border wall on wildlife along the...

Since taking office on Jan. 20, the Trump administration has taken several executive actions, including issuance of twelve executive orders and twelve presidential memoranda. Some of these actions align with...

Biologists are worried that a border wall would cut off dozens of species that migrate between Mexico and the United States. Penn State University biologist Jesse Lasky said existing boundaries...