# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcMGTGejoOo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69465891-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/eb37b98ec2.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T17:00:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Ruidosa Church, and a Big Bend-area river guide and landowner just asked a federal judge to halt border barrier and road construction across the Big Bend region while the court rules on a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s sweeping waiver of environmental and other laws to fast-track construction.

Customs and Border Protection recently announced a pause in construction activities, responding to widespread nonpartisan outrage, but without action from Congress or the court, work could resume at any moment.

“We’ve been watching the permanent destruction of a great American national park unfold in real time,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Even with Customs and Border Protection pumping the breaks, the contractors could resume bulldozing deeper into the national park, causing irreversible damage to the wildest place in Texas. We’re hopeful the judge will stop this destruction until there’s a ruling on the merits of our case.”

We’re not resting until every wall plan for the greater Big Bend region is scrapped for good.

Congress has the power to shut down this border-wall blitz. Tell your legislators to step in immediately by clicking the link in our bio, going to biodiv.us/borderwall, or commenting "border wall" 🦋🌵 

Video credit: @laiken_jordahl

#NoBorderWall #BorderLands #Arizona #BigBend #PublicLands #WildlifeConservation

## Stats

- **Views:** 19,367
- **Likes:** 1,519
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- **Comments:** 49

## Tags

borderlands, publiclands, noborderwall, wildlifeconservation, arizona, bigbend

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