http://blog.nature.org/2009/06/border-fence-southmost-preserve-sabal-palm-nature-conservancy/ A blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests to climate change to personal green technology. Thu, 10 May 2012 16:19:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blog.nature.org/2009/06/border-fence-southmost-preserve-sabal-palm-nature-conservancy/comment-page-1/#comment-6163 S Nicol Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:16 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=5058#comment-6163 Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, and numerous other environmental orgs have been working hard to convince Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to consider the environmental impact of the border wall, and specifically to spare the palm forest of South Texas and Otay Mountain Wilderness Area in California. So far no luck. The Obama Administration appears to be unwilling to take the political heat that sparing these critical habitats would entail. Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, and numerous other environmental orgs have been working hard to convince Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to consider the environmental impact of the border wall, and specifically to spare the palm forest of South Texas and Otay Mountain Wilderness Area in California. So far no luck. The Obama Administration appears to be unwilling to take the political heat that sparing these critical habitats would entail.

]]> http://blog.nature.org/2009/06/border-fence-southmost-preserve-sabal-palm-nature-conservancy/comment-page-1/#comment-6156 TB2 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:44:11 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=5058#comment-6156 This is stupidity - do other conservation & environmental justice organizations know about this rape pillage? This is stupidity – do other conservation & environmental justice organizations know about this rape pillage?

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