TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — A Tucson-based nonprofit says federal agencies have declined to renew permits for a dozen lifesaving water stations in Arizona’s desert, ending a 25-year partnership.
The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ordered removal of the stations, including the last station at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, north of Lukeville.
Humane Borders Executive Director Octavio Fuentes said agencies, along with the Department of Homeland Security, cited trash left behind and claimed stations attract migrants. He said stations were always kept clean and operational…