Texas’ Big Bend National Park eyes expansion
Encompassing the rugged Chisos Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert in southwest Texas, Big Bend is one of the nation’s largest ...
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Big Bend National Park could be about to get bigger, as lawmakers consider expansion proposal
One of America's largest and most popular national parks could be about to get even bigger as lawmakers consider a new ...
Why 200 US troops, tactical vehicles deployed to Big Bend National Park in Texas
The deployment of armored vehicles to Big Bend National Park comes as illegal border crossings have dropped drastically.
Will the newly discovered ‘wooly devil' flower reemerge in Big Bend? Botanists hope so
Scientists who want to learn more about the "wooly devil," a tiny flower recently discovered in West Texas, hope it will ...
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How Big Bend National Park Workers Discovered a Tiny New Plant Species
As part of her responsibilities as Big Bend’s only staff botanist, Carolyn Whiting had assigned Manley to map and monitor the park’s rare plants. Powell and researchers at the California ...
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7,000-year-old hunting kit gives ‘snapshots’ of ancient human life in Texas, experts say
Photo courtesy of Center for Big Bend Studies An ancient human’s hunting kit castoffs found in modern-day Big Bend National Park can help reveal how people lived in the region 7,000 years ago ...
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US Sen. John Cornyn, US Rep. Tony Gonzales introduce bill to expand the largest national park in Texas
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — A Texas treasure is the focus of a bipartisan bill recently introduced in Congress. If passed, it would expand Big Bend National Park in West Texas. U.S. Senators ...