Organ Pipe monument closes roads to clear path for 2nd border wall construction
Sonoyta pupfish swim in a tank before being released into an artificial stream inside the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 in 2025. Biologists believe the endangered pupfish went extinct in Mexico last year, leaving Quitobaquito Springs at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument as its last remaining home in the wild.
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Rescue plan in works for tiny endangered turtle in path of second Arizona border wallFor Star subscribers: Wildlife officials are planning an emergency rescue for an endangered species that could see its only U.S. habitat wiped out by construction of a second border wall across Southern Arizona.
Federal officials have closed roads in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument as construction of new border wall segments ramps up along the Arizona-Mexico border.
