Surrounded by a highly biodiverse desert ecosystem, the Rio Grande River creates a desert oasis. Yet the land around it is dry and vast, nationally contested and controlled, and scattered with ruins that span centuries and tell stories of the past.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Author: Justyn Huckleberry
Dr. Justyn Huckleberry (she/her) recently obtained her PhD in Environment & Resources from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Her dissertation titled, “Memories of Dispossession: Relational Conservation and Mining Displacements in Botswana,” compared two sites of displacement (driven by copper mining and a national park) and how people’s relations shifted with shifting land tenure. Justyn now works as an environmental justice data analyst for the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance.