Under criticism for staff cuts across the country, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is directing national parks to “remain open ...

Encompassing the rugged Chisos Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert in southwest Texas, Big Bend is one of the nation’s largest ...

Recent court orders to reinstate National Park Service employees who were fired earlier this year have seemingly gone ignored. Last month, thousands of NPS employees classified as "probationary ...

The U.S. military is deploying troops and armored vehicles to West Texas, including inside Big Bend National Park, as part of ...

Big Bend, one of the largest national parks in the country, is also the most visited in Texas, attracting 561,458 visitors last year, according to the National Park Service. Border Patrol ...

The Trump administration has also announced plans to close two NPS offices in Texas. Coercing staff to resign will have devastating impacts on national parks' ability to run, Pierno said.

The Rio Grande, which partitions Texas ... National Park and that impactful "big bend" in the Rio Grande each year. But visiting the park could look different this summer as national parks are ...

including 89 state parks, historic sites and natural areas. The bill comes after the Trump administration cut 1,000 jobs, including at least nine Texas, within the National Park Service on ...

Combining land protected by Texas Land Conservancy, state park land, and national parks, this only equals 1,692,672 acres of untouched nature. The comparison of naturally-preserved land and the ...

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