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Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, National Park Service finds
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/border-fence-construction-could-destroy-archaeological-sites-national-park-service-finds/2019/09/17/35338b18-d64b-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html
The bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Trumps border fence could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizonas Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in coming months, according to an internal National Park Service report obtained by The Washington Post.
The 123-page report, completed in July and obtained via the Freedom of Information Act, indicates that the administrations plan to convert an existing five-foot-high vehicle barrier to a 30-foot steel edifice could pose irreparable harm to unexcavated remnants of ancient Sonoran Desert peoples. Experts identified these risks as U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks to fast-track the pace of construction to meet Trumps campaign pledge of completing 500 miles of barrier by next years election.
New construction began last month within the internationally recognized biosphere reserve, a national monument southwest of Phoenix with nearly 330,000 acres of congressionally designated wilderness. The work is part of a 43-mile span of fencing that also traverses the adjacent Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
With the president demanding weekly updates on construction progress and tweeting out drone footage of new fencing through the desert, administration officials have said they are under extraordinary pressure to meet Trumps construction goals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/border-fence-construction-could-destroy-archaeological-sites-national-park-service-finds/2019/09/17/35338b18-d64b-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html
The bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Trumps border fence could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizonas Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in coming months, according to an internal National Park Service report obtained by The Washington Post.
The 123-page report, completed in July and obtained via the Freedom of Information Act, indicates that the administrations plan to convert an existing five-foot-high vehicle barrier to a 30-foot steel edifice could pose irreparable harm to unexcavated remnants of ancient Sonoran Desert peoples. Experts identified these risks as U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks to fast-track the pace of construction to meet Trumps campaign pledge of completing 500 miles of barrier by next years election.
New construction began last month within the internationally recognized biosphere reserve, a national monument southwest of Phoenix with nearly 330,000 acres of congressionally designated wilderness. The work is part of a 43-mile span of fencing that also traverses the adjacent Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
With the president demanding weekly updates on construction progress and tweeting out drone footage of new fencing through the desert, administration officials have said they are under extraordinary pressure to meet Trumps construction goals.
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Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, National Park Service finds (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Sep 2019
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. " officials have said they are under extraordinary pressure to meet Trump's construction goals."
HOW?
Unless he has video of you sleeping with a kangeroo, what is he going to do. Fire you? So get a real job.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)2. They most certainly will be.
The question is whether Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act will be observed or ignored.
https://www.nps.gov/history/tribes/Documents/106.pdf
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)3. Trumpy don't care