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View from Monument 41,looking north to Monument 40. Vegetation lines the landscape while a dirt road extends into the distance.

View from Monument Number 41, looking south. A fence cuts across the landscape and vegetation lines both sides.

View from Monument No. 52, looking south along the border road toward the boundary "corner."

View from Monument No. 81, looking east along the border road where Mexico is on the right. At the fence, a road zigzags towards the base of a mountain.

Because of careful ranch management, grasses survive in the Animas Valley on the Unites States side of the line (to the right). Overgrazing on the Mexican side encourages creosote (greasewood) bushes to replace the grasses. This view looking west…

View from Monument 99, looking west. Vegetation lines both sides of a fence that cuts across the landscape.

Today, no federal, state, or local governments have any concerted policy regarding the border fences. The United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission constructed fences in a cattle control program that began in 1935 and…

According to treaties negotiated between Mexico and the United States, shared waterways must maintain specific water flow. Instead of losing water to evaporation and seepage, hoses may be used to carry the required water across the border. These…

View of a water tank from the Presumido store. Vegetation surrounds the tank on all sides.

Water flowing down the All-American Canal. Vegetation grows on both banks, and in the distance, hills line the sides of the canal.

Three dead palm trees, at least two of which have cavity nests (probably those of the golden-fronted woodpecker), behind telephone lines off Texas State Highway 4.

A dirt path winds between several trees. Fallen leaves from the trees cover the ground.