Explorer Newspaper
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose the construction of a new international natural gas pipeline west of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, saying the project will create a “de facto highway” that will jeopardize public safety by increasing border and law enforcement security problems.
Additionally, supervisors opposed the Sierrita Gas Pipeline because the 59-mile route would cut through remote and pristine areas west of the refuge, increasing erosion and damaging native vegetation.
A resolution passed by the supervisors states that a pipeline shouldn’t be constructed through the Altar Valley at all, but that if it must be built, it would make more sense to place it along an existing highway corridor that already runs through the refuge.
