Big Bend National Park News

I am unquestionably alone. The only sound is the crunching of sand and gravel beneath my feet as I walk down an unpaved road in west Texas's Big Bend National Park.

Someone asked me where my favorite place to bird in Texas would be if I had a favorite and the answer is not simple.

There's no Chisos Basin, no Santa Elena Canyon, no Mule Ears in Texas' Big Thicket National Preserve.

While the rest of Texas seems to believe the Christmas Mountains should and will become a part of Big Bend National Park , Land Com-missioner Jerry Patterson has kicked up the dust yet again by announcing he is ...

WANDER THE GULF COAST FROM TEXAS TO FLORIDA The brand new MAD MAPS Gulf Tour Pack gives you more than just four road maps; this is your comprehensive guide to the Gulf.

Want to know why Hurricane Dolly didn't cause the price of oil to shoot up? Because it made landfall at Brownsville, Texas, in extreme southern Texas just north of Mexico, below all the oil platforms in the ...

The annual review and comment period for the Superintendent's compendium is now underway, with comments required to be received by February 19, 2008.

The National Park Service , Big Bend National Park , is seeking public comment on a proposal to construct a ½-mile walking trail to allow visitors to see and learn about the historic Dorgan and Sublett ...

Vidal Davila, Chief of the Division of Science and Resource Management at Big Bend National Park, Texas, has been named as the new Superintendent of Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, S.D. Davila will ...

Visitors enjoy the new exhibits in the Panther Junction Visitor Center on opening day.

Summer storm drenches the desert at Big Bend National Park. Photo by DanielJames via Flickr.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK Big Bend National Park authorities sent a body found in the park to El Paso for an autopsy.

Posted June 12th, 2008 by Bob Janiskee Sunset at the Window, view from Chisos Mountain Lodge.

They believe it's a Mexican national who died crossing the rugged terrain, alone and without supplies.

Posted June 9th, 2008 by Chance Finegan The Texas Banded Gecko. University of Georgia photo, taken in Big Bend National Park.

Jagged peaks sheltering pine forests more typical of New Mexico or Colorado, canyons that are steeper, sheerer, and narrower than any found in the Grand Canyon, the vast expanse of Chihuahuan Desert, and the ...

Recent displays of my Second Amendment rights have earned some harsh words from editorial writers at some of Texas' big city newspapers, including the San Antonio Express-News. I've been criticized for ...

“Texans who can lawfully carry a firearm in state parks can now carry in federal parks, including Big Bend National Park.”

If a land commissioner claims he had a gun in a national park, and no one was there to see it, did it really happen? Jerry Patterson , who heads up the Texas General Land Offic e , has tried to turn the broadly ... via The Austin Chronicle

“Bears are accustomed to cars passing along the road”

The first clue that nature had given us a second chance appeared on the steep, winding road up to the Chisos Mountains basin and the lodge where we intended to spend the night. via Texas Monthly

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK Barbara and Bill Baldwin of Odessa were among the 48 park volunteers who were awarded the national Presidential Service Awards at Big Bend National Park's Volunteer Award Dinner held ... via Odessa American Online