‘Total chaos’: the biological wonderland threatened by Trump’s border wall
Quitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles. Photograph: Mark Newman/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenQuitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles. Here, water flows out of an aquifer at the bottom of a hill, runs along a short concrete channel and collects in a pond.The pond is home to Sonoyta pupfish, which are small and silvery, with upturned jaws.
- ▪Quitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles.
- ▪Photograph: Mark Newman/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenQuitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles.
- ▪Here, water flows out of an aquifer at the bottom of a hill, runs along a short concrete channel and collects in a pond.The pond is home to Sonoyta pupfish, which are small and silvery, with upturned jaws.
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Quitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles. Photograph: Mark Newman/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenQuitobaquito Springs, in Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only standing bodies of water for hundreds of miles. Photograph: Mark Newman/Getty ImagesArizona‘Total chaos’: the biological wonderland threatened by Trump’s border wallEnvironmental groups are sounding the alarm over plans that threaten a desert spring that’s home to rare fish and turtles and sacred to the O’odham peopleDouglas Main in Tucson, ArizonaFri 24 Jul 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul 2026 07.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleQuitobaquito Springs in south-west Arizona has been called a…
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