Center for Biological Diversity: New Border Wall in Arizona Catastrophic for Imperiled Desert Fish
January 16, 2025
January 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:
TUCSON, Ariz.-- A newly built segment of border wall and paved road across Arizona's California Gulch is blocking streamflow critical to the survival of one of only two U.S. populations of Sonora chub. The rare desert fish is protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
"The new wall and road will push these imperiled fish to the brink of extinction," . . .
TUCSON, Ariz.-- A newly built segment of border wall and paved road across Arizona's California Gulch is blocking streamflow critical to the survival of one of only two U.S. populations of Sonora chub. The rare desert fish is protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
"The new wall and road will push these imperiled fish to the brink of extinction," . . .