Trump’s second border wall could wipe out three species found nowhere else but Quitobaquito

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 2,052

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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The tranquil waters of Quitobaquito Springs sit in the shadow of the wall separating the U.S. from Mexico that spans much of Arizona’s southern border. The small spring is home to three species that exist nowhere else in the world.

But Quitobaquito Springs, also called A’al Waipai by the Hia-Ced O’odham people, could be destroyed by the Trump administration’s full-steam-ahead project to build a second border wall. And that could wipe those animals off …

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