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Thursday Jun 18 | The Westerner

Spring roundups as timeless as Texas

Spring roundups as timeless as Texas Until the big dun bull with the festering eye got his horns stuck in the loading chute, things were going pretty smoothly last week during the spring roundup on the sprawling South Pope Ranch.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Valley Morning Star

Man charged in border crossing that led to death

A Mexican man is accused of smuggling an illegal immigrant who died after crossing the border in the Big Bend National Park.

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Related Topix: Illegal Immigration, US News, US National Parks

Sun Jun 14, 2009

KOSA

MEX-TEX Changes Location

An attempt to smuggle a group of illegal aliens into the United States through Big Bend National Park turned into a tragedy Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Odessa Metro, Midland, TX

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Odessa American Online

Smuggling attempt leaves one dead

MARFA Officials are saying the Wednesday death of a man in Big Bend National Park was the result of an attempt to smuggle a group of illegal aliens into the United States, a Customs and Border Protection news release stated.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Illegal Immigration, US News

KOSA

Texas Teen Pleads Guilty to Fatal Stabbing

An attempt to smuggle a group of illegal aliens into the United States through Big Bend National Park turned into a tragedy Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Dallas Metro, Fort Worth Metro, Haslet, TX

Thu Jun 11, 2009

KOSA

Park Rangers, Border Patrol Rescue Six, One Dead

U.S. Border Patrol News Release June 11, 2009 Marfa, Texas - An attempt to smuggle a group of illegal aliens into the United States through Big Bend National Park turned into a tragedy Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Texas, US News, Illegal Immigration, Big Bend National Park, TX, US National Parks, Alpine, TX, Marathon, TX

KCEN

Man found dead in Big Bend National Park

One person died and two others were flown to West Texas hospitals after seven suspected illegal immigrants were stranded in Big Bend National Park.

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Related Topix: Big Bend National Park, TX, US National Parks, Illegal Immigration, US News

Fri May 22, 2009

Houston Press

Road Trip

Driving Texas is all a matter of perspective. Anyone who's ever rolled across the state with purely pragmatic intentions knows the pain of realizing that, after hours in a near-featureless wasteland, you're still hours outside of the middle of nowhere .

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Related Topix: Texas, El Paso Metro, San Antonio, TX, Country, Lonestar, Fort Stockton, TX, US National Parks

Thu May 14, 2009

The Austin Chronicle

Day Trips

Everything about the Big Bend Ranch State Park outside of Presidio is hard. It's hard to get to, it's hard to stay, and it's hard to forget.

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Related Topix: Big Bend National Park, TX, US National Parks, Austin, TX, Austin Metro, Lajitas, TX

Tue May 12, 2009

Associated Content

5 Ideas for Weekend Trips from San Antonio, Texas

With many people seeking to make weekend trips, day trips, and vacations closer to home this year, this article is being written to give some ideas to the people in and around San Antonio, Texas, for trips that are not too far from home.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Metro, Austin, TX, Austin Metro, Fredericksburg, TX, US National Parks

Sun May 10, 2009

New York Times

Work Under Way on 'Virtual Fence'

After three years of delays and false starts, construction began this week on a "virtual fence" aimed at stopping illegal immigration and smuggling along the border with Mexico.

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Fri May 08, 2009

Hot Bike Magazine Tech

Taming The FLH Frame Wobble

The first time we felt it was dragging a floorboard on our otherwise solid '07 Road King Custom through a big sweeping curve near Big Bend National Park in west Texas.

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Sun Apr 26, 2009

The Star Press Muncie News

On the Bookshelf

New at Maring-Hunt and Kennedy libraries is Borderline by Nevada Barr. Hoping the adventure of a raft trip in Big Bend National Park will lift her spirits, Paul takes Anna to southwest Texas.

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Thu Apr 23, 2009

Texas Highways

Click on the slide

By Barbara Rodriguez After driving the many miles required to reach Alpine from just about anywhere, a lot of folks see this town as if ita s the last stop on the roaring open road to Big Bend National Park.

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Related Topix: Alpine, TX, US National Parks, Texas, West, TX, Sul Ross State University

Tue Apr 21, 2009

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

For inspirational teacher of ecology studies, every day is Earth Day

Dr. Joe Kuban's speech loss is hard, wife DeLane says, "because he has so much to say." S-T/JOYCE MARSHALL Nolan Catholic High School's field biology class was returning from a summer trip to Port Aransas when a familiar voice suddenly pierced the silence.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Earth Day, US National Parks, Saint Louis University, Fort Worth Metro

Wed Apr 08, 2009

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Young shutterbugs inspired by trip

While some high school and college students spend their Spring Break glued to a television set, a few students from Seguin High School ventured out and broadened their horizons over their holiday.

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Related Topix: Seguin, TX, West, TX, Video Games, US National Parks

Sun Apr 05, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Barr's 'Borderline' delivers the goods

From blizzards to buzzards, Nevada Barr knows no bounds. She takes heroine Anna Pigeon anywhere there's a national park.

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Fri Apr 03, 2009

US Environmental Protection Agency

More

Do you find an abstract beauty in your compost pile? Did you take any breathtaking shots of the scenery at Big Bend National Park this spring? Did you get some great video footage at your neighborhood's cleanup event? You can share your photos and videos about the different ways you enjoy and protect our environment-and maybe help inspire others to ...

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Wed Apr 01, 2009

Times-Picayune

Never a Dull Moment

New mysteries from Nevada Barr, Thomas Lakeman and Lisa Jackson BORDERLINE Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Diana Pinckley The political becomes personal, and vice versa, when National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon goes to Big Bend National Park in Texas on the Mexican border.

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Sat Mar 14, 2009

KRISTV Corpus Christi, TX

Texas: Clearing Big Bend air will take 146 years

Delia White once had picturesque views of rugged mountains in every direction while growing up in remote Big Bend community of Terlingua.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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