Border fence may hurt wildlife and vegetation

star-telegram.com ^ | 04/21/08 | JULIET EILPERIN

[burroak]

Is the fence designed to jam radar? Dang!

[steel_resolve]

Some wildlife researchers have grown so concerned about the consequences of bisecting hundreds of miles of rugged habitat that they have talked of engaging in civil disobedience to block the fence's construction.

There you have liberal thinking in a nutshell - if they don't get their way by the ballot box or judicial fiat, they resort to tactics that begin with civil disobedience and progress to the Weather Underground. They will get their way, rule of law be damned.

[omega4179]

I am crying for the poor wasteland and weeds that would be effected!! /s

[napscoordinator]

“This wall is so asinine and so wrong, I am one of a dozen scientists ready to lay our bodies down in front of tractors,”

Do it! We must immediately place blindfolds on all tractor drivers. Wow! Who knew it would be so easy to get rid of moonbats.

[RSmithOpt]

Good place for US sniper practice if ya ask me.....2 snipers...first a warning shot, second one is lethal.

Why don't Mexico drill for more oil and gas and put more of their own to work?

I personally know of 2 manufacturing facilities here in NC that sub'd out wiring harnesses, sub-assemblies, etc. to Mexico 4 years ago....the stuff came in with 75% defects and 60% unusable without significant rework. 2 people in both companies were promoted to go back to Mexico to shut the operation down and bring those parts of the biz back to NC

[mathurine]

Experienced tractor driver seeks employment driving over environmentalists who want to lay their bodies down to prevent construction of the fence. Willing to work odd hours.

[Tammy8]

I live near the area with all the fuss about the jaguar. Truth is about once every thirty years or so someone in the area sees a jaguar male. The studies I have heard about all say the jaguar lives and breeds in Mexico with an occasional male wandering a little out of the circle into the U.S.

There was never a real fence planned in this area- the plan for this area was a virtual fence. The man that owns the land in question- and is the largest land owner on the border in New Mexico (possibly the largest land owner on the entire southern border) has refused to allow access to the crew building the virtual fence. I am not sure what his objections to the virtual fence are- but he has really deep pockets so he will likely stop it for a while even with the ruling that has been made about private property owners.

[Tammy8]

Illegal traffic has done far more harm to the environment and the wildlife than a fence will. The enviros don’t want to talk about that part of the equation. I know someone has those pictures of all the trash left by illegal traffic, the pictures need to be posted in this thread, and should have been included in this article- why is the damage by illegal traffic not mentioned by the media? Illegals also tamper with water systems that water both cattle and wildlife.

I think the environment will improve on the border without the illegal traffic.

[Hiddigeigei]

We should keep these exotic species out!
Exotic introductions almost always cause a great deal of environmental damage. Please think of our native wildlife. he, he, he.

[HiJinx]

Enviro-Wacko Pro-Illegal Ping!

[weeder]

There’s nothing as sad, as seeing a little bird, sitting at the base of a wall, thinking to himself, “Oh! If only I could fly.....”
Hey! Wait a minute!

[ZULU]

The damage done to the natural environment by an army of Bush policy inspired invaders far exceeds any potential damage which a fence might create - unless of course, you are a bleeding heart liberal or a corporate exploiter of peon labor, or a politician who panders to them.