A drone tour of 7 ecologically important areas being destroyed by Trump’s #borderwall in Ariz.

These are wildlife refuges, national park land, endangered species habitat, wilderness & biodiversity hotspots.

1) Buenos Aries National Wildlife Refuge
2) Tinajas Altas Mountains
3) The San Pedro River at the San Pedro National Conservation Area
4) Quitobaquito Springs and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
5) San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge and Guadalupe Canyon
6) Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
7) Coronado National Memorial, Huachuca Mountains
How has Trump been able to do this? Simple, he waived these 41 federal & state laws that protect land, water and indigenous sacred/cultural sites:

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act

The Endangered Species Act
The National Environmental Policy Act

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act)

The National Historic Preservation Act

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

The Migratory Bird Conservation Act

The Clean Air Act
The Archeological Resources Protection Act

The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act

The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988

The Safe Drinking Water Act

The Noise Control Act

The Solid Waste Disposal Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

The Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act

The Antiquities Act

The Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

The Farmland Protection Policy Act
The Wilderness Act

The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act

The National Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956

The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

The National Trails System Act

The Administrative Procedure Act

The Wild Horse and Burro Act
The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899

The National Park Service Organic Act and the National Park Service General Authorities Act

Sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978

Sections 301(a)-(f) of the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act
Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988

The National Forest Management Act of 1976

The Multiple-Use and Sustained-Yield Act of 1960

The Eagle Protection Act

43 U.S.C. 387, part of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939
50 Stat. 1827, presidential proclamation for Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

16 U.S.C. 450y, presidential proclamation for Coronado National Memorial

67 Stat. c18, establishment of Coronado National Memorial
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