Established in 1943, the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in South Texas is a top birding destination in North America. Home to 400 bird species and 450 species of plants, it also hosts both the rare Sabal palm and the endangered ocelot. The refuge is located on the Texas-Mexico border.

Customs & Border Protection plans to builf an 18-foot levee wall that would stretch for almost 3 miles through the refuge. If constructed, the wall will essentially destroy the refuge. The plans call for building a road south of the wall and clearing refuge land on either side of the wall for surveillance, cameras and light towers.

We call on the Trump administration & CBP to change these plans and save the Santa Ana Refuge-- a unique resource known as “crown jewel of the national wildlife refuge system."