The Fence and the Environment

Alternet.org reports:

Another chapter in U.S.-Mexico border relations is about to close. In the waning days of the George W. Bush administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is completing construction of a 22-kilometre triple fence along the San Diego-Tijuana border.

It is being done over the objections of environmental activists living near the border, who are worried both about the toll on wildlife and those seeking entry into the United States. A patch of green encircled by two cities, the Tijuana estuary lacks the grandeur of a mountain range but to biologists and conservationists it’s an invaluable piece of real estate.

Created in 1981, the Tijuana River Research Reserve is an island of relative calm at the center of a political maelstrom that pits conservations against advocates that promote tighter border controls. Click here for the rest of the story.

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