Border Wall Contractors Destroy 3 of 4 Large Cottonwoods in Southern Az Hamlet
Contractors cut three 200- to 250-year-old Fremont cottonwoods, and advocates say nesting surveys were not completed before clearing began.
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Activists stage tree sit-in to halt Trump's border wall construction
Conservationists began a tree sit on July 29 to protect the last historic cottonwood tree in Lochiel, Arizona, threatened by President Trump's border wall construction. This tree, part of a rare and century-old group, supports diverse wildlife including endangered species…
Border Wall Construction Triggers Tree Sit to Save Ancient Arizona Cottonwood
Protesters today climbed into an ancient cottonwood tree in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley to stop the Trump administration from cutting it down for construction of two parallel 30-foot-tall border walls.The action comes after Department of Homeland Security contractors cut down three neighboring Fremont cottonwoods estimated to be 200 to 250 years old.“Destroying these ancient cottonwoods is a death sentence for an entire ecosystem,” said Russ McS…
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