Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments This book came together over a period of five years with the help and support of many people. I owe a great deal of appreciation to Jack Dykinga and Rurik List, for their tremendous insights and unwavering support from the beginning. Mark Lukes, Dinah Bear, Billy Moore, Michael Degnan, Matt Clark, Noah Kahn, Ana Cordova, Eduardo Ponce, Rodrigo Sierra, and many others have been a tremendous help in so many ways, from education about the intricacies of policy and borderlands ecology, to providing inspiration for continuing the work despite strong political headwinds. Thank you to Dan Millis for all his help on the manuscript; and to Brian Segee, whose legal work and publication On the Line were an inspiration. I would also like to thank the many residents of the borderlands who have helped me with my work by providing a place to stay, a meal, a tour, and their stories, specifically Betty Perez and Susan Thompson, Nancy Brown, Bill Odle and Ellen Logue, Joe and Valer Austin, Noel Benavides, William Hurt, Sandy Lanham, Nelida Barajas, and many others . And also all those in the conservation community who have given me support, including the Defenders of Wildlife, Instituto de Ecologia, Sky Island Alliance, Lighthawk, Cuenca Los Ojos, and the Sierra Club, who have shown critical leadership on this issue. Thanks to the fabulous photographers who participated in the Borderlands RAVE, and the support of the International League of Conservation Photographers. And thanks so much to Texas A&M University Press and my editor Shannon Davies for believing in this book from the start and for all the positive energy the publishing team put into every step of the process. Finally, thank you Bill Updike, for all your support and encouragement , your critical eye for photography and writing, and for your unyielding friendship. x i v Bison in Janos, Chihuahua. ...