An engineer’s simulation of the possible effects from a border wall proposed for Big Bend National Park by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency shows widespread impacts, from light pollution and wildlife barriers to diminished viewsheds for visitors.
Not only would the possible impacts be clustered along the park’s southern border with the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, but a border wall, depending on how it’s constructed and where, would be visible from the middle of the the national park where CPB is planning a “technology and patrol road.”
Read the full article at National Parks Traveler.
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