Desert rambler, writer, activist in the Arizona/Mexico borderlands @ Center for Biological Diversityhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3mtxrzwjwos2bBREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation.26 Aug 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxrzwjwos2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3mtjvpjubg22mBREAKING: We’ve documented significant clearing of protected desert land inside Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Quitobaquito Springs for the Trump admin’s second border wall that will run parallel to the existing 30-foot-tall wall. Read: sl1nk.com/jrbj7yv20 Aug 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjvpjubg22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3mtjvjl5v2c2mThe historic border wall tree sit in southern Arizona just went binational with a tree sit in a second cottonwood, right on the international boundary, in Mexico. The tree sits block construction of a primary and secondary wall planned for the area. Read: https://patagoniaregionaltimes.org/border-wall-update-lochiel-tree-sit-becomes-binational/20 Aug 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjvjl5v2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3mstcbopwo22eCheck out this new footage I found on one of my borderlands trail cameras of a jaguar roaming the wilds of southern AZ near a transnational wildlife movement corridor that is rapidly being closed by border wall construction. More here @biologicaldiversity.org: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/new-videos-jaguar-still-in-arizona-as-border-wall-construction-threatens-critical-corridor-2026-08-1111 Aug 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstcbopwo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3msjb3ncnk22tJust me talking to a Mexican spotted owl in a remote canyon in southern Arizona. Only a few thousand of these owls exist in the wild. In 1993 @biologicaldiversity.org Diversity won ESA protections for the species, and later secured critical habitat.07 Aug 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjb3ncnk22thttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3msbufein3s2wFor more than 6 days now a tree sit in a cottonwood tree in the San Rafael Valley along the Arizona-Sonora border has halted construction of two parallel border walls.. This is the first-ever tree sit to halt border wall construction. Learn more @rally.forthevalley and @peccarrynotpig on IG.04 Aug 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbufein3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3mloegdsiis2jA trail cam check on Monday revealed 3 clips of a beautiful male jaguar in a Sky Island south of Tucson, in the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'odham. Jaguars’ northern range is being ripped apart by border wall, mining, groundwater depletion and climate-driven drought. @biologicaldiversity.org12 May 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloegdsiis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3m3dft7bppk22Hope you can make it to the launch of Borderlings, my new book of poetry, this Saturday, Oct. 18, 6:30-8. Reading at 7. Signed copies available at event. If not, you can order a copy through ArtSpeak Press here: https://www.artspeakpress.com/shop/p/borderlings16 Oct 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dft7bppk22https://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3m2rwgpf7zs2dThe San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona has passed one of the most moving and powerful resolutions memorializing the role of the jaguar as a protector of the O’odham with deep cultural and spiritual ties. The resolution also calls on U.S. Fish and Wildlife to…”09 Oct 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rwgpf7zs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lztfywmpjk2aChasing a rainbow over the northernmost occupied jaguar habitat on the planet. Gotta love Arizona.27 Sep 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztfywmpjk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lz7d7he5kc23Excited to share this! Join us to celebrate the release of BORDERLINGS, the debut book of poems from environmental activist RUSS MCSPADDEN, Saturday October 18, 2025, 6:30pm doors, 7pm reading and book signing. Free & all-ages. Che's Lounge, 350 N. 4th Ave, Tucson Published by Artspeak Press.19 Sep 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7d7he5kc23https://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lyxcmkivdc2yBREAKING: The first segments of border wall have gone up in the San Rafael Valley, south of Tucson, Ariz. Construction crews have drilled at least two wells and have turned the area, a corridor for jaguars, pronghorn, bears, mountain lions, ocelots, porcupines, into an devastating industrial site.16 Sep 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxcmkivdc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lwrvyf4xcc2fTrump smearing us as ‘anti-American’. If Oak Flat is mined, the winners won't be Americans, and definitely not Native Americans, whose sacred site will be destroyed but two foreign mining giants, BHP (Australia) and Rio Tinto (UK) whose largest shareholder is a Chinese state-owned company.19 Aug 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwrvyf4xcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lwi4depyak25BREAKING: A US judge just denied our request for an injunction to the land transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper. Oak Flat, a sacred site of the Apache and part of the Tonto National Forest, is scheduled to be privatized on Tuesday. With the clock ticking, we have appealed to the 9th Circuit.16 Aug 2025 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwi4depyak25https://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lvohxm5tgs2oThe Forest Service intends to convey Oak Flat, an Apache sacred site, to Resolution Copper on August 19. @biologicaldiversity.org, conservation allies & San Carlos Apache Tribe will be in fed court August 6 to argue for a halt to the Oak Flat Land Exchange until our lawsuits are resolved.05 Aug 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvohxm5tgs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lve4xj4e2c2tTribal leaders and environmentalists are asking the Bureau of Land Management to reverse course on a southern Arizona mining project it green-lit at the end of June. https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2025-07-31/environmentalists-tribes-ask-blm-to-reconsider-southern-arizona-mining-project01 Aug 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lve4xj4e2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lve4tknmwk2t“They…substituted corporate engagement for formal government-to-government consultation,” McSpadden said. “This…Project is a test case for whether BLM…has learned from SunZia or whether it will continue to fast track industry at the expense of tribes, ecosystems and public trust.” https://www.azpm.org/p/earthday/2025/7/31/225823-conservation-groups-challenge-blm-approval-of-copper-creek-mine-in-pinal-county/01 Aug 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lve4tknmwk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lvcc2panmc2aGreat coverage by @dmain.bsky.social for the New York Times on how new border wall construction could destroy one of the last, best wildlife corridors for jaguars, ocelots, bears and puma in the U.S., and @biologicaldiversity.org ‘s lawsuit to halt it. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/climate/arizona-border-wall-wildlife-migration-jaguars.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare31 Jul 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvcc2panmc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3lv6qsfqvhk2xFourth lawsuit launched to challenge the land transfer of Apache sacred site to Resolution Copper. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2025/07/29/apache-women-lawsuit-oak-flat-land-swap-agreement/85411022007/#30 Jul 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6qsfqvhk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/peccarynotpig.bsky.social/post/3ltkb5rccdc25BREAKING: The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump Admin today for unconstitutionally waiving dozens of enviro laws to speed border wall construction across San Rafael Valley in AZ’s Sky Island region, a biodiversity hotspot w/the most significant jaguar corridor remaining along border.09 Jul 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:lgiyrvrltzuc273eb3ek2a2p/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltkb5rccdc25