Russ McSpadden
@peccarynotpig.bsky.social
Desert rambler, writer, activist in the Arizona/Mexico borderlands @ Center for Biological Diversity
Chasing a rainbow over the northernmost occupied jaguar habitat on the planet. Gotta love Arizona.
September 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Chasing a rainbow over the northernmost occupied jaguar habitat on the planet. Gotta love Arizona.
BREAKING: The first segments of border wall have gone up in the San Rafael Valley, south of Tucson, Ariz. Construction crews have drilled at least two wells and have turned the area, a corridor for jaguars, pronghorn, bears, mountain lions, ocelots, porcupines, into an devastating industrial site.
September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
BREAKING: The first segments of border wall have gone up in the San Rafael Valley, south of Tucson, Ariz. Construction crews have drilled at least two wells and have turned the area, a corridor for jaguars, pronghorn, bears, mountain lions, ocelots, porcupines, into an devastating industrial site.
BREAKING: A US judge just denied our request for an injunction to the land transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper. Oak Flat, a sacred site of the Apache and part of the Tonto National Forest, is scheduled to be privatized on Tuesday.
With the clock ticking, we have appealed to the 9th Circuit.
With the clock ticking, we have appealed to the 9th Circuit.
August 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
BREAKING: A US judge just denied our request for an injunction to the land transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper. Oak Flat, a sacred site of the Apache and part of the Tonto National Forest, is scheduled to be privatized on Tuesday.
With the clock ticking, we have appealed to the 9th Circuit.
With the clock ticking, we have appealed to the 9th Circuit.
The Forest Service intends to convey Oak Flat, an Apache sacred site, to Resolution Copper on August 19.
@biologicaldiversity.org, conservation allies & San Carlos Apache Tribe will be in fed court August 6 to argue for a halt to the Oak Flat Land Exchange until our lawsuits are resolved.
@biologicaldiversity.org, conservation allies & San Carlos Apache Tribe will be in fed court August 6 to argue for a halt to the Oak Flat Land Exchange until our lawsuits are resolved.
August 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Forest Service intends to convey Oak Flat, an Apache sacred site, to Resolution Copper on August 19.
@biologicaldiversity.org, conservation allies & San Carlos Apache Tribe will be in fed court August 6 to argue for a halt to the Oak Flat Land Exchange until our lawsuits are resolved.
@biologicaldiversity.org, conservation allies & San Carlos Apache Tribe will be in fed court August 6 to argue for a halt to the Oak Flat Land Exchange until our lawsuits are resolved.
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the Trump admin’s push to fast-track the Oak Flat land swap—halting the giveaway of sacred Apache land + rare desert ecosystems to a foreign mining giant until SCOTUS rules.
May 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the Trump admin’s push to fast-track the Oak Flat land swap—halting the giveaway of sacred Apache land + rare desert ecosystems to a foreign mining giant until SCOTUS rules.
Earlier this year a beautiful and rare wild ocelot appeared on one of my trail cameras in a Sky Island south of Tucson, Ariz. Take a look.
This cat likely crossed the U.S-Mexico border west of Nogales sometime in early 2024 and has traveled great distances in the U.S.
This cat likely crossed the U.S-Mexico border west of Nogales sometime in early 2024 and has traveled great distances in the U.S.
November 27, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Earlier this year a beautiful and rare wild ocelot appeared on one of my trail cameras in a Sky Island south of Tucson, Ariz. Take a look.
This cat likely crossed the U.S-Mexico border west of Nogales sometime in early 2024 and has traveled great distances in the U.S.
This cat likely crossed the U.S-Mexico border west of Nogales sometime in early 2024 and has traveled great distances in the U.S.
Border wall construction in southern Arizona's Pajarito Mts 4 years ago decimated the Mariposa Canyon watershed as well as jaguar & Mexican spotted owl critical habitat. The area remains in ruin today. Work crews continue to try to stabilize the site & the wall from collapse. The wall is useless.
November 26, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Border wall construction in southern Arizona's Pajarito Mts 4 years ago decimated the Mariposa Canyon watershed as well as jaguar & Mexican spotted owl critical habitat. The area remains in ruin today. Work crews continue to try to stabilize the site & the wall from collapse. The wall is useless.
Breaking: @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social is calling on AZ Game & Fish Commission to ban dog pack hunting for mountain lions, bears, coati & other wildlife. Currently hunters use GPS-collared dogs to track wildlife for miles via smart phone apps & satellites, putting jaguars & ocelots at risk.
November 25, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Breaking: @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social is calling on AZ Game & Fish Commission to ban dog pack hunting for mountain lions, bears, coati & other wildlife. Currently hunters use GPS-collared dogs to track wildlife for miles via smart phone apps & satellites, putting jaguars & ocelots at risk.