Big Bend

Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have started meeting with Big Bend area landowners about the prospect of border walls on their land. Landowners say they're concerned about flood risks and the destruction of archeological sites.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection updated its map of planned border wall projects to add vehicle barriers and patrol roads to portions of Big Bend National Park on Tuesday. It's not clear if the barriers would be temporary or permanent.

Historically, Black bears were the biggest predator to travel the Big Bend area of Texas. But overhunting and habitat loss led to their decline.

McDonald Observatory astronomers worked with energy companies to dim their lights.

U.S. Customs and Protection said Friday that military personnel will be sent to Border Patrol stations in Alpine, Van Horn and Presidio to “assist agents with surveillance, intelligence gathering and logistical support.”

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist.

In 1918, more than a dozen boys and men in the small West Texas border community of Porvenir were executed by a group of Texas Rangers, U.S. soldiers and ranchers. More than a century later, their descendants are pushing for all of the victims’ death certificates.

The Texas General Land Office purchased the private Brewster Ranch that had been listed for sale at more than $245.6 million. State officials did not disclose a final sale price.

A new 48-page report from Texas A&M University takes a deep-dive look at tourism trends at Big Bend National Park, which saw more than half a million visitors in 2022.

The Big Bend Conservancy expects to finalize the purchase nearly 4,000 acres near Terlingua in early 2023, then donate the land to the park.