Southwest Border Resource Protection Program
Funds research, monitoring, conservation and preservation work at national parks along the US-Mexico border.
Several national parks along the US border with Mexico have taken real damage from illegal cross-border activity. Drug trafficking routes and undocumented crossings have cut thousands of miles of unauthorised roads and trails, disrupted wildlife migration, vandalised historic sites and looted archaeological sites. This programme funds studying and repairing that damage.
Two kinds of work are fund…
Research, monitoring, conservation, interpretation and preservation of natural and cultural resources at National Park Service units in the Intermountain Region along the US-Mexico border, done jointly with a partner protected area in Mexico, addressing resource damage from illegal cross-border activity.
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