Daily KOS has the long version of this. The nutshell is this: Trump is so needful of impressing his base by building his wall, that he has ordered destruction of a swath of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in order to make a show of progress for his base. While there was a modest existing fence there, it carefully wove around the organ pipes and saguaros along its path. The article - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/5/1890311/-Trump-is-destroying-an-irreplaceable-world-treasure-in-an-effort-to-speed-up-building-his-wall?detail=emaildkre - shows videos of the bulldozing, compared with pictures of the old fence.
For those unaware, the area has been a UNESCO Heritage Site for having the most pristine examples of the Sonoran Desert ecological system. Arizona has make destruction of wild saguaros illegal. Assurances were made that those would be "relocated" during construction. Apparently, relocated is defined as "relocated to the garbage heap." Again, see the videos. Even the smallest of those being destroyed represents a hundred years of growth in this climate.
You'd think this "Red State" would sit up and take notice.
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