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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a popular park in Arizona's Sonoran Desert,and also a home to an extraordinary exhibit of plants including the cactus plant that gives this landmark its name. The site likewise flaunts mankind's history extending back 16,000 years; antiquated cultures and societies used to venture out through this region to purchase salt, obsidian and seashells from Mexico. But, the Trump administration's plan to develop a border between Arizona and Mexico is putting the National Monument's archaeological legacy at hazard, as indicated by a National Park Service report to the Washington Post.

As Juliet Eilperin and Nick Miroff show that the report  includes five destinations that are compromised by the border wall construction plan, which started a month ago at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and tries to replace existing vehicle boundaries and fences with a 30-foot-tall steel bollard fence. NPS archaeologists additionally note that past research has "found 17 archaeological sites which are likely to be completely or somewhat decimated by the border wall plans."
President Donald Trump has over and over promised to construct 500 miles of the border by the November 2020 election; at present, as per Zolan Kanno-Youngs of the New York Times, his organization has developed 66 miles of fencing, fundamentally in territories where run down borders previously existed. A month ago, the Washington Post's Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey announced that the President had "is directing aides to quickly follow billions of dollars of development contracts, forcefully seize private land and completely neglect environmental guidelines" to complete his quest.

While critics have focused on the border wall's potential environmental impacts. Construction of the barrier, however, does not have to meet the requirements of federal environmental laws including the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act since the Department of Homeland Security has waived those regulations for the sake of “border security.” Activists are troubled about the ecosystems of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, which is an internationally recognized biosphere reserve.

“The lights that will be installed on top of the wall, blasted into the wilderness, the ground water being sucked up—it’s more than just a border wall,” “All of these activities will just increase the desertification of the region.” Laiken Jordahl, a borderlands campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity, at an interview with Kanno-Youngs of the Times.
Furthermore, as the new report features, the National Monument's archaeological legacy is likewise in danger of decimation. Stone tools, rock shelters and engravings have all been discovered there, and archaeologists are concerned about the damage that the border wall construction plans will harm un-excavated antiquities. Among the territories of concern are the Quitobaquito Springs, which are related with an ancient exchange route known as the Old Salt Trail.

Numerous indigenous gatherings have noteworthy associations with the grounds inside Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, including the Tohono O'odham and the Hia C'ed O'odham, as per the report. “We’ve historically lived in this area from time immemorial,” Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. tells Eilperin and Miroff. “We feel very strongly that this particular wall will desecrate this area forever. I would compare it to building a wall over your parents’ graveyards. It would have the same effect.

In any case, experts stay worried about the CBP's arrangements to finish its Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument barriersby January 2020. In the report, the NPS considers the entirety of Roosevelt Reservation to be “an area of great concern, whose cultural and natural resources are imperiled.” And Kevin Dahl, Arizona senior program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, tells Eilperin and Miroff that under typical circumstances, the department would take steps to protect historic properties under its purview, even conducting excavations if necessary.

Border Wall Threatens to Destroy more Than 20 Archaeological Sites In Arizona


Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a popular park in Arizona's Sonoran Desert,and also a home to an extraordinary exhibit of plants including the cactus plant that gives this landmark its name. The site likewise flaunts mankind's history extending back 16,000 years; antiquated cultures and societies used to venture out through this region to purchase salt, obsidian and seashells from Mexico. But, the Trump administration's plan to develop a border between Arizona and Mexico is putting the National Monument's archaeological legacy at hazard, as indicated by a National Park Service report to the Washington Post.

As Juliet Eilperin and Nick Miroff show that the report  includes five destinations that are compromised by the border wall construction plan, which started a month ago at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and tries to replace existing vehicle boundaries and fences with a 30-foot-tall steel bollard fence. NPS archaeologists additionally note that past research has "found 17 archaeological sites which are likely to be completely or somewhat decimated by the border wall plans."
President Donald Trump has over and over promised to construct 500 miles of the border by the November 2020 election; at present, as per Zolan Kanno-Youngs of the New York Times, his organization has developed 66 miles of fencing, fundamentally in territories where run down borders previously existed. A month ago, the Washington Post's Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey announced that the President had "is directing aides to quickly follow billions of dollars of development contracts, forcefully seize private land and completely neglect environmental guidelines" to complete his quest.

While critics have focused on the border wall's potential environmental impacts. Construction of the barrier, however, does not have to meet the requirements of federal environmental laws including the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act since the Department of Homeland Security has waived those regulations for the sake of “border security.” Activists are troubled about the ecosystems of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, which is an internationally recognized biosphere reserve.

“The lights that will be installed on top of the wall, blasted into the wilderness, the ground water being sucked up—it’s more than just a border wall,” “All of these activities will just increase the desertification of the region.” Laiken Jordahl, a borderlands campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity, at an interview with Kanno-Youngs of the Times.
Furthermore, as the new report features, the National Monument's archaeological legacy is likewise in danger of decimation. Stone tools, rock shelters and engravings have all been discovered there, and archaeologists are concerned about the damage that the border wall construction plans will harm un-excavated antiquities. Among the territories of concern are the Quitobaquito Springs, which are related with an ancient exchange route known as the Old Salt Trail.

Numerous indigenous gatherings have noteworthy associations with the grounds inside Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, including the Tohono O'odham and the Hia C'ed O'odham, as per the report. “We’ve historically lived in this area from time immemorial,” Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. tells Eilperin and Miroff. “We feel very strongly that this particular wall will desecrate this area forever. I would compare it to building a wall over your parents’ graveyards. It would have the same effect.

In any case, experts stay worried about the CBP's arrangements to finish its Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument barriersby January 2020. In the report, the NPS considers the entirety of Roosevelt Reservation to be “an area of great concern, whose cultural and natural resources are imperiled.” And Kevin Dahl, Arizona senior program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, tells Eilperin and Miroff that under typical circumstances, the department would take steps to protect historic properties under its purview, even conducting excavations if necessary.
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