paul navarre Report post Posted March 2, 2009 I see on FOX news tonight a story about all of the trash being left behind by the illegal traffic from Mexico. The story concluded that this trash had a very bad environmental impact especially along the border. I found it interesting, the news reported stated, that the clean up was not being conducted by the government nor was it costing tax payers anything as there were volunteers that are picking up the trash. The story left me with the impression that everything was fine and dandy and that a clean up was ongoing. I know this story, by personal observation while hunting down there four years, did not even touch on the huge trash problem Arizona is facing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunterdude Report post Posted March 2, 2009 And to think that Mexico is blaming the U.S. for all the illeagle guns down there> They say that we are not securing our borders! If I remember right the VERY LAST time I went there when I crossed the border it was the Mexican Police that stopped me and checked to see if I had anthing that I wasn't suppose to have. Now how is that our problem maybe they need to step up there side of the security? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grizzly Report post Posted March 2, 2009 Ive seen the pics on here just a few weeks after a group effort cleanup it looked like nobody had done a thing. I have also seen firsthand while hunting down there. I remember seeing panties hanging in bushes all over the place and wondering about it, was told by BP guard that is how coyotes mark their territory, they rape their women clients and then hang the panties up there. Something the media wont tell you about the illegals but I think everyone should know what kind of people are doing this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benbrown Report post Posted March 2, 2009 The Malpai Borderlands Group, a 501©(3) non-profit formed by local ranchers in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, has received at least two grants from the Bureau of Land Management for trash cleanup in the area east of Douglas and just north of the border. Most of this land is managed by either the BLM or AZ State Lands. They have used the funds to hire a local contractor who gathered and hauled away trash. Most of the effort was focused on traditional stopping places for illegal immigrants where literally small mountains of trash had accumulated. It has not been cost-efficient to police all of the routes, so there is still an abundance of trash scattered around out there, but the worst eyesores have been taken care of. Problems on private land are usually handled by the owner(s), but there have been some cleanups undertaken by volunteer groups, especially on National Forest lands... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
