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The Borderlands program...
- is working and collaborating with other organizations on multiple projects to bring awareness to the border communities and the rest of the nation about the current request to the Biden-Harris Administration to stop and/or remove Border wall segments that are causing harm to people, communities, wildlife and/or the land and remediate the damages.
- These and other harms were facilitated and exacerbated by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security issuing waivers that bypassed federal, state, and local laws that would otherwise have protected the borderlands.
- Get involved!
- Would you like to volunteer with the Borderlands program and make a difference?
- Please reach out to Borderlands coordinator: erick.meza@sierraclub.org
A list of Blog Posts -- on efforts for our Borderlands...
Borderlands Newsletter - June 2024
June 19, 2024
Celebrating Junteenth -- Small Wildlife Passages and Ongoing “Restoration” Near Sasabe, AZ -- Outings Leader Training in Phoenix -- Sierra Club Outings Leader Training -- News from the Border -- Join the Borderlands Team
Borderlands Newsletter - May 2024
May 15, 2024
Take Action: Organization Sign-On Letter -- The Santa Cruz River Urban Wildlife Refuge Update -- Jaguar Rising -- Sierra Club Outings Leader Training -- News from the Border -- Join the Borderlands Team
Borderlands Newsletter - April 2024
April 17, 2024
The Santa Cruz River Urban Wildlife Refuge -- Earth Day in Nogales, AZ -- Jaguar Rising 2024 (May 11th, Nogales AZ) -- News from the Border -- Join the Borderlands Team
Borderlands Wildlife Openings Provide Needed Connectivity for Animals
April 3, 2024
by Erick Meza: "...Sierra Club has advocated for wildlife openings where walls were constructed -- for storm gates to be opened year-round -- to provide movement of water as well as wildlife -- dozens of small wildlife openings...
Nopales Group Gets Fresh Start with Focus on Equity and Environment
April 3, 2024
by Cyndi Tuell: "Sierra Club’s southern AZ group based in Tucson...has made a fresh start with a new name -- Started more than four decades ago, it reorganized as the Nopales Group in 2023 -- now led by new leaders, including chair Anakarina...
Borderlands Newsletter March 2024
March 20, 2024
March 16) Guided Educational hike "Enjoy and Protect the Scenic Santa Ritas" -- March 23) Tabling event at World Water Day -- Biden's $1.4 billion reallocation temporarily blocked, restoration paused-- Borderlands team 2nd Tuesdays
video] 9 Migrant Desert Deer at the Border Wall
March 5, 2024
A 30-second video -- of a herd of 9 Migrant Desert Deer at the Border Wall...
News from the Border - February 2024
February 21, 2024
Feb 24) Peace Fair -- March 5) ADEQ meeting on Hudbay’s proposed Copper World -- March 16) Guided 2-mile hike re. mining threats -- $10,000 Grant with new partner "0s3 Movement" (Opportunities for binational youth) -- Governor Hobbs -- 2nd Tuesdays
Borderlands Large and Small Wildlife Openings Provide Some Needed Connectivity for Animals
February 4, 2024
(Tucson, AZ) New sightings of jaguars in southern AZ have generated conversations about the recovery of this rare species. A barrier to recovery is the border wall. Such sightings were where no wall exists -- where shipping containers were removed.
News from the Border - January 2024
January 17, 2024
As contractors close gaps in the wall, we observe that they are opened back again -- by migrant smugglers, sometimes on the same day -- showing how the wall is an ineffective, costly, and destructive way to stop asylum seekers