Border Wall Resistance

900 Days/900 Photos Project (San Rafael Valley)

We are rallying around the San Rafael Valley and documenting the ecological destruction and military invasion of this majestic and vital landscape of wildlife connectivity and movement for the next 900 days of proposed border wall construction.

We are documenting the decline, but also hopefully the eventual “rise up” of ecological communities and ecosystems across the US-Mexico borderlands.

Please join us!

photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer

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“Chasing Rainbows” (photo courtesy of David Taylor)

day 64 (September 27th, 2025)

Documenting 900 days of border wall construction through the San Rafael Valley.

“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” ~ Aldo Leopold

We are NOT alone in documenting this destruction of the San Rafael Valley. Keep watch with us!

Day80 (October 14th, 2025): “Grasslands Border Fence”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner
Day79 (October 13th, 2025): “Banner on Mexico Side/Hope it Survives the Construction!” (painted during the Binational Border Gathering in May 2025); photo courtesy of Robert
Day78 (October 12th, 2025): “New Replacing the Old”; photo courtesy of Robert
Day77 (October 11th, 2025): “Surveillance Tower”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner
Day 76 (October 10th, 2025): “Shed by Historic Ranch House”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner
Day76 (October 9th, 2025): “Historic Ranch House”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner
Day75 (October 8th, 2025): “Santa Cruz River Birthplace”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza via Lighthawk
Day74 (October 7th, 2025): “Lochiel Schoolhouse”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner
Day73 (October 6th, 2025): “Old and New Technology”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner

Day 72 (October 5th, 2025): “Turtle in Santa Cruz River”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner

Day71 (October 4th, 2025): “Chipping Away”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden
Day70 (October 3rd, 2025): “Parking Lot”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden
Day69 (October 2nd, 2025): “Pronghorn at the Border (Speedgoats!)”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden
Day68 (October 1st, 2025): “Mud on the Tires”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day67 (September 30th, 2025): “Wide Open Spaces”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day66 (September 29th, 2025): “Lead the Way”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day65 (September 28th, 2025): “Access”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day64 (September 27th, 2025) “Chasing Rainbows”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day63 (September 26th, 2025): “Running Water Today”; view toward Lochiel; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day62 (September 25th, 2025): “Pronghorn”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day61 (September 24th, 2025): “Born to Run”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day60 (September 23rd, 2025): “Loneliness Epidemic”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day59 (September 22nd, 2025): “Dust to Clouds”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day58 (September 21st, 2025): “What are men to rocks and mountains?”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day57 (September 20th, 2025): “Work, Work, Work, Work, Work”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day56 (September 19th, 2025): “Dust Up”; video courtesy of Erick Meza

Day55 (September 18th, 2025): “Lone Wall”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza
Day54 (September 17th, 2025): “View from Sonora”; video courtesy of Eamon Harrity
Day53 (September 16th, 2025): “Lone Ranger”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza
Day52 (September 15th, 2025): “First Panels Up”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza
Day51 (September 14th, 2025): “Heads Up”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day50 (September 14th, 2025): “Spirals”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day49 (September 13th, 2025): “Kit Foxes”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer

Day48 (September 12th, 2025): “Besides All That; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Day48 (September 11th, 2025): “Fence around the Staging Area”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden
Day 47 (September 10th, 2025): “A Separator”; this giant thing tried to move across the Patagonia Mountain roads, but ended up blocking all access; photo courtesy of Erick Meza
Day46 (September 9th, 2025): “Stuck”; this one was stuck blocking the whole road; photo courtesy of Erick Meza
Day45 (September 8th, 2025): “The Valley is Gorgeous”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden
Day45 (September 8th, 2025): “In a Row”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day44 (September 7th, 2025): “Bollards are Here”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day43 (September 6th, 2025): “No Time Wasted”; photo courtesy of EPO
Day42 (September 5th, 2025): “Giants”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza
Day 41 (September 4th, 2025): “And the Sun Also Rises”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day40 (September 3rd, 2025): “Machines”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day39 (September 2nd, 2025): “All the Pretty Horses”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity
Day38 (September 1st, 2025): “Lone Obelisk”; photo courtesy of Zach Palma/Sky Island Alliance

Day37(August 31st, 2025): “Mountain Backdrop”; photo courtesy of Zach Palma/Sky Island Alliance

Day36(August 30th, 2025): “Toxic Trespass”; photo courtesy of Zach Palma/Sky Island Alliance

Day35 (August 29th, 2025): “A Beautiful Day in the Valley”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day34 (August 28th, 2025): “Metal Monster Men”; courtesy of Zach Palma/Sky Island Alliance

Day33 (August 27th, 2025): “Waivers Gonna Waive”; courtesy of Russ McSpadden
Day32 (August 26th, 2025): “Fallen”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day31 (August 25th, 2025): “A New Road to the Border”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day30 (August 24th, 2025): “New Roads”; Access road to the border is now about 25-feet wide. It was a two track just two weeks ago; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day29 (August 23rd, 2025): “3-Packs on Packs”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day28 (August 22nd, 2025): “Made in USA”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day27 (August 21st, 2025): “Between Two Conveyor Belts”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day26 (August 20th, 2025): “Gravel Processing”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day25 (August 19th, 2025): “36×62 Conveyor Belts”; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day24 (August 18th, 2025): “Gratuitous Destruction”; photo courtesy of Zach Palma/Sky Island Alliance
Day23 (August 17th, 2025): “Toxic Trespass”; photo courtesy of Zach Palma/Sky Island Alliance

Day22 (August 16th, 2025): “Immensity”; photo courtesy of Krista Schyler

Day21 (August 15th, 2025): “Do you hear this?” (Jackrabbit in the San Rafael Valley); photo courtesy of Krista Schyler
Day20 (August 14th, 2025): “Stretch of border wall in the Huachuca Mountains, a biodiversity hotspot and critical corridor for endangered species like the jaguar”; photo courtesy of Krista Schyler
Day19 (August 13th, 2025): “Blue Grosbeak in the Patagonia Mountains, Arizona”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day18 (August 12th, 2025): “Grassland with Border Fence”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner
Day17 (August 11th, 2025): “Sonoran Pronghorn”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day16 (August 10th, 2025): “Leafing Out”; a lot of oaks in the Valley are leafing out, but many are already struggling and/or dead. Border wall construction will only exacerbate their struggles; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day15 (August 9th, 2025): “Leafing Out”; Border wall construction + activity means that oaks that are already leafing out/struggling/dead will face even more impact; photo courtesy of David Taylor
Day14 (August 8th, 2025): “Pulling Out Debris”; Two heavy machinery support trucks and a scoop pulling out debris and Normandy barrier in the Santa Cruz River by Kino Springs; photo courtesy of EPO
Day13 (August 7th, 2025): “Tactical Trucks”; Two heavy machinery support trucks and a scoop pulling out debris and Normandy barrier in the Santa Cruz River by Kino Springs; photo courtesy of EPO

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Day12 (August 6th, 2025): “Deer in San Rafael grassland”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day11 (August 5th, 2025): “Survey Markers”; more survey markers west of the Santa Cruz River.
Day10 (August 4th, 2025): “Survey Markers”; Survey markers just west of the Santa Cruz River. Besides the stakes, no new construction activity.
Day8 (August 3rd, 2025): “Valley from the Skies”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza
Day7 (August 2nd, 2025): “San Rafael Skies”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer
Day6 (August 1st, 2025): “Sunsets”; photo courtesy of Center for Biological Diversity/Laiken Jordahl

Day5 (July 31st, 2025): “Fisher Earth Mover”; photo courtesy of EPO

Day4 (July 30th, 2025): “San Rafael Grassland”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner.
Day3 (July 29th, 2025): “Fisher Sand and Gravel Trucks in Patagonia”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner.
Day2 (July 28th, 2025): “For the Future”; photo courtesy of BLANK.
Day1 (pre-time, pre-construction):
“San Rafael Valley”; photo courtesy of Arizona Trail Association