ALAMO, Texas (Border Report) — Long-time environmentalist Jim Chapman points out his favorite trees as he walks among the brush and crunches on the trails of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.
Chapman is a board member of the Friends of the Wildlife Corridor, a nonprofit that helps to safeguard thousands of acres of these wildlife tracts along on the U.S.-Mexico border of South Texas.
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On Tuesday, he greeted other visitors to the refuge, examined the vegetation, and even stopped to decipher the species of an animal based on its droppings.
A retired physician’s assistant, the 78-year-old says he loves it here, and he spends plenty of time on the trails and talking with fellow enthusiasts.
But he’s worried should a new border wall dissect this national refuge…