The national wildlife refuges that run along our southern border from Texas to California offer some of the most important habitats for wildlife in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The Trump Administration has made it clear that these refuges are ground zero for their plans to build towering border walls that are bad for wildlife. We can’t let that happen.

Recently, NPR’s All Things Considered featured a story about the refuge lands that are threatened in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Our own Vice President of Government Affairs Caroline Brouwer was interviewed for the report. I couldn’t be prouder of the work she is doing on behalf of wildlife, refuges, and you. But she can’t do it alone. I am asking you to take 7 minutes to listen to the story and ask, what more could you be doing to protect these important refuges?

You can also read the story here.

Protecting refuges along our southern border has been a top priority of the National Wildlife Refuge Association ever since President Trump began his wrongheaded efforts to build the wall. We were instrumental in protecting the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the bulldozers and concrete mixers in Texas, and we are hard at work now protecting places like Lower Rio Grande, Cabeza Prieta, Buenos Aires, and San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuges.

We can stop the bulldozers with your help.

P.S. Here is a flashback video from when we first started working on this issue!