Wildlife and the Border Wall

March 10, 2017 – President Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Administration officials are now taking steps to begin new construction. What might that mean for wildlife and the environment in southern New Mexico? Correspondent Laura Paskus sits down this week with Garrett VeneKlasen, executive director of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, and Bryan Bird, southwest program director for Defenders of Wildlife.

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Press release: Coalition of Conservation, Faith, and Community Leaders Ask Governor Martinez to Oppose Border Wall in New Mexico

Texas Tribune: Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat

Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico bill would block border wall

Arizona Daily Star: Another jaguar discovery in Southern Arizona adds to border-wall debate

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Jaguars and Ocelots in Southern Arizona (Trail camera photo gallery)