{"id":253,"date":"2025-09-10T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:30:46","slug":"wildlife-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/?page_id=253","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife + The Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-3 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-3--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1rem, 380px, 24vw);font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1\">Wildlife + The Wall<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video alignfull\"><video height=\"852\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 852;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/145562_1_31cli-borderwall-21533_wg_1080p.mov\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wildlife move freely through vehicle barriers in the San Rafael Valley. However, as of July 31st, 2025, border wall construction has already begun through this vital wildlife corridor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ebee8dc1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9366075c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-left is-style-text-subtitle has-x-large-font-size is-style-text-subtitle--2\">Proposed border wall construction in the San Rafael Valley aims to cut through <strong>27 miles of the last remaining unwalled sections<\/strong> of the Arizona-Sonora borderlands. This action would directly impact the migrations of wildlife species in their search for territory, water, food, and mates. It would irrevocably change the landscape, as well as species viability and survival.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Construction has already begun.<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/ecology-and-evolution\/articles\/10.3389\/fevo.2024.1487911\/full\">the recent Harrity et al study<\/a>, only 1 in 10 animals will successfully cross when they encounter the wall.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">We have already seen how <a href=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/?page_id=103\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"103\">border walls will impact the San Rafael Valley and its vibrant wildlife<\/a> in several reports and studies.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zine_Visual_Data-BW-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-945\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9366075c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Below, see this for yourself (all videos courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/skyislandalliance.org\/our-work\/science\/borderwildlife\/\">Sky Island Alliance<\/a>).<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ce758a5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-pacing-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MtnLioncrying-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WTDSan-PedroRiver102.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/coyote-pups-crossing.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/turkey-pacing.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47dfe82c36e24da505d81fe7e804b874\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-873ee6b1 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7ee84d44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>What will the San Rafael Valley look like when a wall cuts through it?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--3\">Check out the photos and videos below to see &#8220;how it was&#8221; in the valley, and &#8220;how it will be&#8221; once this border wall construction project is finished (estimated in some 900 days).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73b0033c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cKrista_Schlyer_SanRafael-01312.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cKrista_Schlyer_SanRafael-01312.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cKrista_Schlyer_SanRafael-01312-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cKrista_Schlyer_SanRafael-01312-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cKrista_Schlyer_SanRafael-01312-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cKrista_Schlyer_SanRafael-01312-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cKrista_Schlyer_SanRafael-01312-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue grosbeak in the Patagonia Mountains, Arizona; photo courtesy of Krista Schlyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-840b37f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d6b9ab57 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it was&#8230;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>(All images courtesy of Sky Island Alliance)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-crossing-still.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-crossing-still.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-crossing-still-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-crossing-still-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-crossing-still-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-crossing-still-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bear crossing\/bear &#8220;yoga&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-21f393a4 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-840b37f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d6b9ab57 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it will be&#8230;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What did the animals do to deserve this?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(All images courtesy of Sky Island Alliance)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/javelina-still-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/javelina-still-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/javelina-still-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/javelina-still-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/javelina-still-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/javelina-still-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Javelina + Wildlife Crossing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-still-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-still-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-still-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-still-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-still-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-bear-still-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">American Black bear + Wall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mule-deer-at-opening-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mule-deer-at-opening-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mule-deer-at-opening-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mule-deer-at-opening-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mule-deer-at-opening-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mule-deer-at-opening.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Mule deer at opening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-840b37f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlife + The Wall Proposed border wall construction in the San Rafael Valley aims to cut through 27 miles of the last remaining unwalled sections of the Arizona-Sonora borderlands. This action would directly impact the migrations of wildlife species in their search for territory, water, food, and mates. It would irrevocably change the landscape, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1072,"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderwallresistance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}