Bulldozing Butterflies: National Butterfly Center vs. Border Wall

Published: 06 May 2019
on channel: ChangeStream Media
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The National Butterfly Center (https://nationalbutterflycenter.org) will be cut in half if a proposed section of border wall is built through its property. Executive Director Marianna Treviño-Wright explains how the wall would be an ecological disaster for not only the center, but the entire Rio Grande ecosystem -- from habitat destruction to flooding risks. Marianna also opposes the wall as unlawful seizure of private land, an immoral symbol of bigotry, and an ineffective boondoggle with no national security purpose, but we focused here on her unique perspective on the environmental consequences of walling off American access to the Rio Grande.

ChangeStream Media (https://changestreammedia.org/) uses digital media to promote education, improve health, and advance social justice worldwide. We created this video as part of our #BorderStories project to raise awareness about issues at the US-Mexico Border and to support organizations working to assist migrants and border communities.

Many thanks to the National Butterfly Center's staff, particularly to Marianna for taking the time for this interview, Frances Madeson for setting up the interview, Luciano Guerra for the fantastic photos and videos of butterflies, birds, bobcats and the Rio Grande, and photographer Thomas Slanker who helped with the audio recording of the interview.

Additional footage courtesy of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Corpus Christi, Texas; the National Weather Service in Brownsville, Texas; Tortoise by Clinton & Charles Robertson; border wall graphic by Jen Reel for the Texas Observer; and Landsat imagery courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S. Geological Survey.

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