IN THIS ISSUE: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Volunteer Stories It Takes a Village Our Work at Casa del Migrantes & San Pedro Sonoyta Shelter Notes From Sonoyta Out -of-State Volunteer Accounts: Ken Huse of Juneau, Alaska READ THE DECEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER

– by Stephen Lee Saltonstall The Desert Fountain Humane Borders December 2017 One of the sad realities that Humane Borders volunteers must face is that migrant deaths continue despite our best efforts, including in areas where we maintain water stations. We can’t predict exactly the routes migrants will be walking, and the patterns of migration

From Dinah Bear, Chair of Humane Borders I want to thank everyone who has supported us over the past year. We are very grateful for every donor and every volunteer who helps us fulfill our mission of preventing death in the desert. And indeed, that task continues to be very challenging. The westward trend in