Desert rambler, writer, activist in the Arizona/Mexico borderlands @ Center for Biological Diversity
Russ McSpadden
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“…destruction of jaguar habitats amounts to a violation of the Constitutionally guaranteed First Amendment religious liberties of the Tohono O’odham communities.”
Hope 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: www.artspeakpress.com/shop/p/borde...
This interview with my dear colleague Russ McSpadden is a phenomenal roundup of our work to stop Trump's absurd and irreversibly destructive push to wall off Arizona's San Rafael Valley.
And if you're not already following @peccarynotpig.bsky.social, you should!
Biodiversity Battle in the Borderlands: I recently spoke with Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social from @biologicaldiversity.org. Hear stories about Jaguars, Ocelots, Bears, a huge number of bird species, and what you can do to help protect them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ech...
Chasing a rainbow over the northernmost occupied jaguar habitat on the planet. Gotta love Arizona.
“…protect jaguar habitat, safeguard connectivity from border walls and reintroduce jaguars to their native range in the U.S. Southwest.”
Excited 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.
The 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…”
A 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.org
“…this resolution condemns the destruction, damage, and disruption of the natural habitat of jaguars on Tribal and federal lands that are aboriginal homelands of the O’odham; and contends that the…”
Biodiversity Battle in the Borderlands: I recently spoke with Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social from @biologicaldiversity.org. Hear stories about Jaguars, Ocelots, Bears, a huge number of bird species, and what you can do to help protect them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ech...
