Judge rejects greens’ bid to halt border fence
Jim McElhatton

A federal judge in the District threw out a bid by two prominent environmental groups to halt construction of a portion of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona thatthey say would harm the wildlife.

Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club sued to stop the fence’s construction in San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, which the groups describe as “one of the most biologically diverse areas of the United States.â€