Images to Help Understand What’s at Stake in Our Desert
Sometimes the most powerful information isn’t written—it’s witnessed. Words can explain the importance of an issue, but images force us to feel it. The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words has never been truer, especially now that nearly everyone carries a phone capable of capturing video and photography.
Several LDA members have shared the videos and
information below, urging that they be passed along.
The first, Wildlife and the Wall in the Arizona–Sonora Borderlands, shows with heartbreaking clarity the damage the border wall is inflicting on our Sonoran Desert—wildlife corridors blocked, animals trapped or injured, and fragile ecosystems disrupted in ways that cannot be undone.
The second video, Ancient Cottonwoods to be Bulldozed for Border Wall Construction, an Instagram post from Erick Meza of sc_borderlands together with a Madrean Mother Wild news release, documents the planned destruction of old‑growth, ancient cottonwood trees—living giants that have anchored desert riparian habitat for centuries and cannot be replaced once lost.
These are not abstract policy debates. This is real harm happening in real time to the desert we love.
This footage and information are meant to inform, to awaken, and to compel us to act. What you will see is a direct call for every one of us to stand up, speak out, and work to stop this destruction before more irreversible damage is done.
For information on how to write letters to the proper authorities and how you can help, contact Sierra Club Border Lands
This is our home. Our wildlife. Our responsibility.
Let these images move you—and let them move you to action.
Update:
These precious trees were scheduled to be cut down last weekend, but for some reason, they were not. After talking to a contractor, the Sierra Club reports it is most likely they will resume after a 10-day shift. Sierra Club volunteers stated the contractor is not working there at present; they most likely will return next Tuesday, June 30th.
Photo: Sky Island Alliance
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