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

Featured Photo:“Before/After” or “Los de antes/después”

By: Eamon Harrity

Originally taken: (Left) November 2nd, 2024/ (Right, bottom) February 10th, 2026

Fotos originalmente de: (izquierda) el 2 de noviembre de 2024/ (derecha, a continuación) el 10 de febrero de 2026

(part of a border-wide project to document ecological devastation in the befores and afters of border building and construction)/

(parte de un proyecto que abarca la frontera entera para documentar la destrucción ecológica en los antes y los después de la construcción de infraestructura fronteriza)

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

“Uno de los castigos de una formación ecológica es que uno se vive solito en un mundo lleno de heridas.” ~ Aldo Leopold

We are NOT alone in documenting this destruction of the San Rafael Valley. Keep watch with us! /No estamos solitos en este acto de resistencia de vigilar y documentar la destrucción ecológica del Valle de San Rafael. ¡Júntate con nosotres!

Day209 (February 21st, 2026): “Wall-E or AUTO?” or “En la caída”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day208 (February 20th, 2026): “I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion/Has broken Nature’s social union” or “Tomo posesión de estas tierras y de cuanto en ellas hay: Animales, ríos, bosques, valles y montañas”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day207 (February 19th, 2026): “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men” or “La revolución/la esperanza”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day206 (February 18th, 2026): “Through the Fence Post/Atravesando la cerca”; photo courtesy of Kate Scott

Day205 (February 17th, 2026): “Before/After” or “Los de antes/después”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

**Originally taken/Foto siguiente de: February 10th, 2026**

(part of a border-wide project to document ecological devastation in the befores and afters of border building and construction)/

(parte de un proyecto que abarca la frontera entera para documentar la destrucción ecológica en los antes y los después de la construcción de infraestructura fronteriza)

Day204 (February 16th, 2026): “Before/After” or “Los de antes/después”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

**Originally taken/Foto inicial de: November 2nd, 2024**

(part of a border-wide project to document ecological devastation in the befores and afters of border building and construction)/

(parte de un proyecto que abarca la frontera entera para documentar la destrucción ecológica en los antes y los después de la construcción de infraestructura fronteriza)

Day203 (February 15th, 2026): “Of Monuments and Ruins”/”De monumentos y ruinas”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day202 (February 14th, 2026): “The Northern Edge of a Large Country (Series of 3)” or “El extremo norte del país (serie de 3 fotos)”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner

**Series: South Side/Del Sur** (de Dale Turner)

Day201 (February 13th, 2026): “The Northern Edge of a Large Country (Series of 3)” or “El extremo norte del país (serie de 3 fotos)”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner

**Series: South Side/Del Sur** (de Dale Turner)

Day201 (February 12th, 2026): “The Northern Edge of a Large Country (Series of 3)” or “El extremo norte del país (serie de 3 fotos)”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner

**Series: South Side/Del Sur** (de Dale Turner)

“It was a cool spring day when we toured a conservation ranch in Sonora, just south of the border. A very quiet day, except for the wind and occasional cow. We saw no other people, no other vehicles, in the course of six hours of poking around the ranch. The border was marked by a barbed wire fence to control cattle, and a vehicle barrier. Both seemed to be doing their jobs. Seeing a border monument from its south side, with Spanish text and the Mexican eagle, was a reminder that this is the northern edge of a large country, in addition to being the southern edge of another. And that there was once a cooperative effort to survey and mark that boundary for the benefit of both countries.”

Day200 (February 11th, 2026): “Snaking Through the Valley” or “Serpenteando”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day199 (February 10th, 2026): “Rainbows Reversed” or “Acros invertidos”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day198 (February 9th, 2026): “Sludgery” or “De lodo a barro”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day197 (February 8th, 2026): “Dejarlo hecho polvo” or “Only the dust behind”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day196 (February 7th, 2026): “Ganando tierra” or “How the West Was Won”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day195 (February 6th, 2026): “Foregrounds” or “A primer plano”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day194 (February 5th, 2026): “Purple Porta Potty” or “Letrina violeta”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day193 (February 4th, 2026): “Torre de Babel” or “Bilingual Tower”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day192 (February 3rd, 2026): “American Progress” or “Progreso al estilo americano”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day191 (February 2nd, 2026): “Expanse” or “La. vastedad”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day190 (February 1st, 2026): “Life is a memory, and then it is nothing” (*The Crossing*, McCarthy)/”La vida es una memoria…y después nada” (*En la frontera*, McCarthy); photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Series: *Winter in the Valley*/**El invierno en el Valle**

Day 189 (January 31st, 2026): “Blasting Cathedrals” or “Destruyendo las agujas de la catedral”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day188 (January 30th, 2026): “More Blasting” or “Y sigue y sigue y sigue”; video courtesy of David Taylor

Blasting continues in Coronado National Memorial as of January 2026/Destrucción ecológica de las montañas en el Monumento Nacional Coronado de los EEUU

Day187 (January 29th, 2026): “Golden” or “In the darkened path ahead”/ “Va a ser brillante”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Woven-spine Pineapple Cactus on the Mexican side/La biznaga anzuelo blanco desde México

Day186 (January 28th, 2026): ““The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life” (from H is for Hawk, Macdonald) or “En pos de un halcón suyo” (de La Celestina, de Rojas); video courtesy of KEO

Day185 (January 27th, 2026): “Walled (off)” or “Amurallado”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

As of December 2025, concertina wire is being utilized border-wide as part of a large-scale effort to “seal off the border across all regions.” To find out what you can do, and read more, head here.

Desde diciembre de 2025, se ha empleado alambre de púas a lo largo de la frontera entera para “controlar” todas las regiones de las zonas fronterizas entre los EEUU-MX. Para tomar acciones concretas y aprender más, haz clic aquí.

Day184 (January 26th, 2026): “Concertinas in the Valley”/”Alambres de púas”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

As of December 2025, concertina wire is being utilized border-wide as part of a large-scale effort to “seal off the border across all regions.” To find out what you can do, and read more, head here.

Desde diciembre de 2025, se ha empleado alambre de púas a lo largo de la frontera entera para “controlar” todas las regiones de las zonas fronterizas entre los EEUU-MX. Para tomar acciones concretas y aprender más, haz clic aquí.

Day183 (January 25th, 2026): “Cascabeles” or “Rattling across Roads”; photo courtesy of Myles Traphagen

Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake in Patagonia, AZ/Cascabel de cola negra en Patagonia

Day182 (January 24th, 2026): “Still Here”/ “Y yo sigo aquí”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Madera Canyon Tarantula/La tarantula de Madera Canyon (*Aphonoplema madera*)

One of the dozens of tarantula species in Arizona (and even more in Mexico, as the country with the second most diverse population of tarantulas in the world, after Brazil!)/ Una de docenas de especies de tarántulas en Arizona (¡con más en México, como el país con la segunda población más diversa de tarántulas del mundo, después de Brasil!)

Day181 (January 23rd, 2026): “Eastern Patch-nosed Snake in the Valley”/ “Culebra chata en el Valle”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day180 (January 22nd, 2026): “Final Destination 2 (at the border)”/”Destino final 2 (en la frontera)”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day179 (January 21st, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Aside from cattle” or “No es jinete el que no cae”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90s***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** November 5, 1992**

Day178 (January 20th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “A grand view of the Valley” or “Vistas y valles”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90s***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** October 22, 1992**

Day177 (January 19th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Prickly pears + self care” or “Entre nopales y tunas”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90s***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** September 20, 1992**

Day176 (January 18th, 2026):THROWBACK SERIES! “Now, it’s nothing but flowers” or “Quiero orbitar planetas/hasta ver uno vació”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

Fields of Longleaf False Goldeneye in the San Rafael Valley of the 1980s/Las margaritas en el Valley de San Rafael en los 80

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** April 29, 1986**

Day175 (January 17th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Sister Golden Hair” or “Brilla”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

Fields of Longleaf False Goldeneye in the San Rafael Valley of the 1980s/Las margaritas en el Valley de San Rafael en los 80

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** April 29, 1986**

Day174 (January 16th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Roads” / “Caminos”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: **San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90**

**Originally taken/foto original de: October 1, 1989**

Day173 (January 15th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Three Cows Running in the San Rafael Valley”/ “Tres vacas corriendo en el Valle de San Rafael”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: **San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90**

**Originally taken/foto original de: March 24, 1987**

Day172 (January 14th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Back to the Cows” / “Volviendo a vacas”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: **San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90**

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** March 3, 1987**

Day171 (January 13th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “One Careless Moment”/ “Un descuido”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: **San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90**

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** September 30, 1986**

Day170 (January 12th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “And they ran in that resonance which is the world itself” (from/de *All the Pretty Horses*, McCarthy) or “El trote de caballos
oscuros” (from/de *Pedro Páramo*, Rulfo); photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: **San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90**

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** September 23, 1986**

Day169 (January 11th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “In a field on a high plain” (from/de *All the Pretty Horses*, McCarthy) or “De aquí para allá y de allá para más allá” (from/de *Pedro Páramo*, Rulfo); photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: **San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90**

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** April 29, 1986**

Day 168 (January 10th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “New Mexico Thistle in the San Rafael Valley”/El Cardo Santo en el Valley de San Rafael”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

(common names/nombres comunes: powderpuff thistle, lavender thistle, foss thistle, desert thistle, el cardillo, el cardo)

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** April 29, 1986**

Day 167 (January 9th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “New Mexico Thistle in the San Rafael Valley”/El Cardo Santo en el Valley de San Rafael”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

(common names/nombres comunes: powderpuff thistle, lavender thistle, foss thistle, desert thistle, el cardillo, el cardo)

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** April 29, 1986**

Day 166 (January 8th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “New Mexico Thistle in the San Rafael Valley”/El Cardo Santo en el Valley de San Rafael”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

(common names/nombres comunes: powderpuff thistle, lavender thistle, foss thistle, desert thistle, el cardillo, el cardo)

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** January 20th, 1986**

Day165 (January 7th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Such communion as among horses” (from/de *All the Pretty Horses,* McCarthy) or “El caballo que va y viene” (from/de *Pedro Páramo*, Rulfo); photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** January 20th, 1986**

Day164 (January 6th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Cows in a row” or “Vacas…en línea”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** May 13th, 1985**

Day163 (January 5th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Mooooove!” or “¡MuMuMúdate de aquí!”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** April 15th, 1985**

Day162 (January 4th, 2026): THROWBACK SERIES! “Enamoured with cows” or “El ganado adorado”; photo courtesy of Joanne Cockerill

From the THROWBACK Photo Series: ***San Rafael Valley 80s and 90s Core or El Valle de San Rafael en los 80 y 90***

**Originally taken/**foto original de:** August 24, 1984**

Day161 (January 3rd, 2026): “Closing In” or “Encerrando”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day160 (January 2nd, 2026): “Guardians of the Galaxy”/ “Los Guardianes de la Galaxia”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day159 (January 1st, 2026): “But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
sin’ auld lang syne” or “Que al mal tiempo, buena cara, y todo cambia”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day158 (December 31st, 2025): “Late Night Light” or “Con luz tenue”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day157 (December 30th, 2025): “Concertinas”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

As of December 2025, concertina wire is being utilized border-wide as part of a large-scale effort to “seal off the border across all regions.” To find out what you can do, and read more, head here.

Desde diciembre de 2025, se ha empleado alambre de púas a lo largo de la frontera entera para “controlar” todas las regiones de las zonas fronterizas entre los EEUU-MX. Para tomar acciones concretas y aprender más, haz clic aquí.

Day156 (December 29th, 2025): “Rayando el sol” or “Beaming”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day155 (December 28th, 2025): “This Way Up” or “Por aquí”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day154 (December 27th, 2025): “Free fallin’” or “Hasta el fin del mundo”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day153 (December 26th, 2025): “Uproads”/”Cuesta arriba”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day152 (December 25th, 2025): “Be Light” or “El lucerito manañero ilumina mi sendero”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day151 (December 24th, 2025): “Night Sky in the Borderlands” or “Ya llegó la Nochebuena”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day150 (December 23rd, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#8)/Oda al 111 (#8)”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day149 (December 22nd, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#7)/Oda al 111 (#7)”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day148 (December 21st, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#6)/Oda al 111 (#6)”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day147 (December 20th, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#5)/Oda al 111 (#5)”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day146 (December 19th, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#4)/Oda al 111 (#4)”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day145 (December 18th, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#3)/Oda al 111 (#3)”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day144 (December 17th, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#2)/Oda al 111 (#2)”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day143 (December 16th, 2025): “Ode to 111 (#1)”/”Oda al 111 (#1)”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day142 (December 15th, 2025): “En las nubes”/”In the clouds”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day141 (December 14th, 2025): “Haven’t you people ever seen *The Terminator*?” or “El T-800”; photo courtesy of Emily Burns

Day140 (December 13th, 2025): “Panorama Mode” or “La vista panorámica”; photo courtesy of Emily Burns

Day139 (December 12th, 2025): “Quail, rush, conclude, and quell!” (from/de William Shakespeare) or “En la salsa de las rosas, en el cuerpo de las codornices” (from/de Laura Esquivel) photo courtesy of Emily Burns

Day138 (December 11th, 2025): “Last Light” or “La luz eterna”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day137 (December 10th, 2025): “On a Ridge”/”Por la cresta”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day136 (December 9th, 2025): “Last Stand” or “Lucha libre”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day135 (December 8th, 2025): “Lone Cottonwood”/ “Álamo solitario”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day134 (December 7th, 2025): “Gold and Blue”/”Índigo dorado”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day133 (December 6th, 2025): “Golden Prairie”/”Pradera de oro”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day132 (December 5th, 2025): “Cottonwood Gold”/”Álamo de oro”/”Aupa”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day131 (December 4th, 2025): “Lone House”/”La casa solitaria”; photo courtesy of Leslie Ann Epperson

**From the Photo Series: *Fall in the Valley*, originally taken November 15th, 2025**

Day130 (December 3rd, 2025): “Transformers”/Puros Transformers” (de Javier Zamora); photo courtesy of Emily Matyas

Day129 (December 2nd, 2025): “San Rafael Valley Construction”/”Construcción en el Valle de San Rafael”; photo courtesy of Emily Matyas

Day128(December 1st, 2025): “Starry-eyed” or “El ave innumerable” (de Pablo Neruda); photo courtesy of Emily Matyas

Day127 (November 30th, 2025): “La cementara/El cementerio” or “Cementary/Cemetery”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day126 (November 29th, 2025): “A Mindless Philosopher” or “Arturito”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day125 (November 28th, 2025): “All your Trucks in a Row” or “Tragos de trocas”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day124 (November 27th, 2025): “Giving Thanks” or “Una acción de gracias: ¡a comer!”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day123 (November 26th, 2025): “The Claw!” or “La Garra!”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day122 (November 25th, 2025): “Flipped” or “Hacia atrás”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day121 (November 24th, 2025): “A distancia” or “At a distance”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day120 (November 23rd, 2025): “Interlock” or “Entrelazar”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day119 (November 22nd, 2025): “Soñar contigo” or “Dream with me?”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Day118 (November 21st, 2025): “Migrar es natural/Rechazamos el muro”/”Migration is Natural/We reject the wall”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day117 (November 20th, 2025): “Pronghorns Against Border Militarization” or “Berrendos en contra del muro”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day116 (November 19th, 2025): “Revitalize” or “Y ánimo”; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro

Day115 (November 18th, 2025): “Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor”/”Los largos sollozos de los violines del otoño hieren mi corazón de una languidez monótona”/”Les sanglots longs des violons de l’automne blessent mon coeur d’une langueur monotone”; Normandy vehicle barriers through the San Rafael Valley. Lines lifted from “Chanson d’automne” by Paul Verlaine; photo courtesy of Nanzi Muro.

Day114 (November 17th, 2025): “Sentinels”/”Centinelas”; tree or cane cholla overlooks the Valley/cardenche o vela de coyote mira en dirección del Valle; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

Day113 (November 16th, 2025): “Portals”/”Puertas”; photo courtesy of KEO

Day112 (November 15th, 2025): “Rally for the Valley” or “Manifestación por el Valle de San Rafael”; photo courtesy of Russ McSpadden

On Saturday, November 15th 2025 a coalition of environmentalists, Navajo/Yaqui (among other Indigenous Peoples), humanitarian groups, artists, and supporters gathered on both sides of the wall construction site in the binational San Rafael Valley to oppose border wall building through this beloved space.

Day111 (November 14th, 2025): THROWBACK!” “Early Morning at Tank on Border (A Series of 3)”; San Rafael Valley Grasslands, SE of Patagonia”; originally taken 11/15/2012 by Alan Schmierer.

Commentary from Alan: “The fence can be seen in the last of this series. I would sit next to that tank for many hours starting before dawn and watch birds and other wildlife get their morning fill, enjoying the morning unfold. There was complete peace, filled with the wonder of how the two nations were continuous in nature and in spirit. That spirit is gone now….”

Day110 (November 13th, 2025): THROWBACK! “Early Morning at Tank on Border (A Series of 3)”; San Rafael Valley Grasslands, SE of Patagonia”; originally taken 11/15/2012 by Alan Schmierer

Day109 (November 12th, 2025): THROWBACK!” “Early Morning at Tank on Border (A Series of 3)”; San Rafael Valley Grasslands, SE of Patagonia”; originally taken 11/15/2012 by Alan Schmierer

Day108 (November 11th, 2025): “Somewhere Between this World and the Other/Border Monument #111” or “El multiverso/Obelisco #111)”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day107 (November 10th, 2025): “Into the Great Wide Open” or “Espacio sideral”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day106 (November 9th, 2025): “From Coronado (Light)”/”Desde Coronado (versión ligera)”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day105 (November 8th, 2025): “From Coronado (Dark)”/”Desde Coronado (versión oscura)”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day104 (November 7th, 2025): “Cross Road Blues” or “Hasta la Raíz”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day103 (November 6th, 2025): THROWBACK! “San Rafael Grasslands, SE of Patagonia”; originally taken 4/7/2012; photo courtesy of Alan Schmierer

Day102 (November 5th, 2025): “You got to take the crookeds with the straights” (a line from August Wilson’s 1985 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play *Fences*) or “Cercas cercanas y lejos”; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day101 (November 4th, 2025): “Building the Divide” or “Construyendo divisiones”; view of construction in the Valley from the Arizona Trail”; photo courtesy of Rachel Rose

Day100 (November 3rd, 2025): THROWBACK! “Where the River Crosses the Road” or “Y aquí el río cruza el camino”; same San Rafael Road originally taken 9/24/2010; photo courtesy of Alan Schmierer

Day99 (November 2nd, 2025, in honor of Día de los Muertos): THROWBACK! San Rafael Valley Road, Not Too Far South (Continued)” or “En camino a San Rafael (II); originally taken 9/24/2010; photo courtesy of Alan Schmierer

Day98 (November 1st, 2025, in honor of *antepasados* remembered on Día de los Muertos): THROWBACK! “San Rafael Valley Road, Not Too Far South” or “En camino a San Rafael (I); originally taken 9/24/2010; photo courtesy of Alan Schmierer

Day97 (October 31st, 2025, in honor of Halloween): “The Thing” or “Hasta el viento tiene miedo”; view of construction from Mexico; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day96 (October 30th, 2025): “A Long Shot”/”A plano largo”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day95 (October 29th, 2025): “Ocotillo Overlook” or “La vista del valle”; taken near Coronado Peak (San Rafael Valley in the distance); photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day 94 (October 28th, 2025): “Still Tracking” or “Seguimos rastreando”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day 93 (October 27th, 2025): “Foundations” or “Bases”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day 92 (October 26th, 2025): “Reflections of Nothing Beyond (Part II)” or “Reflejos de la nada (II)”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day 91 (October 25th, 2025): “Reflections of Nothing Beyond (Part I)” or “Reflejos de la nada (I)”; photo courtesy of David Taylor

Day90 (October 24th, 2025): “Inflorescence Intermission” or “Vibrant Life in the Borderlands”; crab or “flower” female spider uses camouflage to mimic the flower as she sits and waits ready to ambush her prey; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day89 (October 23rd, 2025): “From Above”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day88 (October 22nd, 2025): “From a Distance”; photo courtesy of Erick Meza

Day87 (October 21st, 2025): “5 Deer in grasslands”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner

Day86 (October 20th, 2025): “From Coronado Peak”; photo courtesy of Arizona Trail Association

Day85 (October 19th, 2025): “Grasslands Border Fence”; photo courtesy of Dale Turner

Day84 (October 18th, 2025): “Banner on Mexico Side/Hope it Survives the Construction!” (painted during the Binational Border Gathering in May 2025); photo courtesy of Robert

Day83 (October 17th, 2025): “Harvester Ants Making a Raft to Survive the Flooding”; from the Sonoran side of the San Rafael Valley; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day82 (October 16th, 2025): “How Will They Build a Wall Across a River? (IV)”; view from the Nogales side of the Santa Cruz River and where they plan to build a wall starting in December 2025; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day81 (October 15th, 2025): “How Will They Build a Wall Across a River? (III)”; view from the Nogales side of the Santa Cruz River and where they plan to build a wall starting in December 2025; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day80 (October 14th, 2025): “How Will They Build a Wall Across a River? (II)”; view from the Nogales side of the Santa Cruz River and where they plan to build a wall starting in December 2025; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

Day79 (October 13th, 2025): “How Will They Build a Wall Across a River? (I)”; view from the Nogales side of the Santa Cruz River and where they plan to build a wall starting in December 2025; photo courtesy of Eamon Harrity

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, 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”; video courtesy of Anon

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 (II)”; 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 (I)”; 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 Anon

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 Anon

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Day12 (August 6th, 2025): “Deer in San Rafael grassland”; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer

Day11 (August 5th, 2025): “Survey Markers (II)”; more survey markers west of the Santa Cruz River.

Day10 (August 4th, 2025): “Survey Markers (I)”; 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 Anon

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.

Featured Photo:“Before/After” or “Los de antes/después”

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

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