Jun 26, 2023 | Border Wall, Borderlands
On Sunday, the Madrean Archipelago Wildlife Center hosted a benefit film screening at the Loft Cinema in Tucson. The screening included three films: “A Wall Runs Through It,” “Ducey’s Boondoggle” and “Prayer Run: Save Oak Flat.” The first two films were sharply...
Jun 26, 2023 | Border Wall, Borderlands, Shipping Containers
Tony Heath and Kate Scott, founders of The Madrean Archipelago Wildlife Center, are artists as much as they are activists. Their goal is to educate people about the Birdland Ranch Wildlife Conservation Area and surrounding areas, and support similarly minded creators....
Jun 26, 2023 | Borderlands
In one of the most ecologically diverse corridors in North America, where both black bears and jaguars coexist, an environmental nonprofit is studying wildlife movement in southern Arizona’s borderlands and has found a decrease in certain mammal species, prompting...
Jun 26, 2023 | Borderlands, Shipping Containers
Just a few years ago, Arizona’s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) was counted among the state’s smaller agencies, known for preparing Arizonans for summer monsoons. That changed in 2021 when then-Gov. Doug Ducey declared a state of...
May 24, 2023 | Borderlands, Events
On Sunday, June 4, 2023, at 4:00 PM three borderlands films will be showing at the Loft Cinema in Tucson, AZ: A Wall Runs Through It Ducey’s Boondoggle Prayer Run The Madrean Archipelago Wildlife Center Fundraiser offers Three Films for our Borderlands: ...
May 4, 2023 | Border Wall, Borderlands, Commentary
The U.S.-Mexico borderlands were once a place of thriving Indigenous lands with diverse populations of migrating plants and animals. Through shifting colonial claims to territory, Mexico switched from Spanish acquisition in the 16th century, and by the mid-19th...
