** Trump’s wall runs over tribal history
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Quitobaquito Springs, National Park Service ([link removed])

The National Park Service warns that the rush to install President Trump's border wall threatens to damage or destroy nearly two dozen archaeological sites in Arizona. The NPS ([link removed]) report ([link removed]) , which was obtained by the Washington Post ([link removed]) , details 22 locations inside Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, particularly near Quitobaquito Springs, which has been the home of humans for at least 16,000 years.

“Quitobaquito, as we know it, may be destroyed before anyone has had a chance to evaluate the consequences of the current actions,” said Rick Martynec, an archaeologist who conducts surveys inside the adjacent Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. Construction inside Cabeza Prieta and Organ Pipe began last month, with bulldozers and excavators rumbling across sites that have not been fully surveyed.

Kevin Dahl, Arizona senior program manager with the National Parks Conservation Association, was more direct. “Archaeology takes time, and they [CBP] have a deadline," Dahl said. “Putting a wall there is insane.”
Quick hits


** Document shows BLM plans to move employees who work with Congress outside of DC
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CNN ([link removed])


** House bill aims to stop rollbacks of endangered species protections
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The Hill ([link removed])


** Interior Secretary Bernhardt headlines Trump’s lobbyist-filled cabinet
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Associated Press ([link removed])


** Meet the climate whistleblowers silenced by Trump
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New Mexico In Depth ([link removed])


** Interior appeals board stops plans to cut down pinyon and juniper forest in Grand-Staircase Escalante
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E&E News ([link removed])


** Nuclear industry urges Trump to open Grand Canyon area to uranium mining
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AZ Mirror ([link removed])


** How will Colorado’s fossil-fuel era end?
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Westword ([link removed])


** Could grizzlies, wolves, and wild bison return to Colorado?
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])
Quote of the day
We’ve historically lived in this area from time immemorial. We feel very strongly that this particular wall will desecrate this area forever. I would compare it to building a wall over your parents’ graveyards. It would have the same effect.”
—Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr.
The Washington Post ([link removed])
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The photo you post verses the photo your friend tags you in. 💁‍(Both fabulous.) The red-shouldered #hawk ([link removed]) is often heard before it's seen -- the raptor's whistled calls are conspicuous. Photo by Mark Danaher, USFWS.

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