The Grandmothers

Sounds Wild · Oct 22, 2026 · 19m

This summer the Trump administration’s project to build two parallel, 30-foot border walls through some of the most ecologically sensitive areas of the borderlands reached the tiny ghost town of Lochiel, in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley. Contractors arrived in late July and ripped apart three ancient cottonwood trees. Before the bulldozers could reach the last standing tree, activists climbed high into branches. In this episode we head into the field to explore how activists are reviving a protest tactic to protect what’s still standing. Episode credits: Produced, edited and mixed by Mike Stark…