Big Bend National Park lately has drawn a lot of national attention, and not in a good way. Recently the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced that it wanted to build some sort of border wall along all or part of the 118 miles of border the national park shares with Mexico. Is that a good idea? Will it adversely impact the park? Can it even be done?
To discuss those and other questions, our guest today is Bob Krumenaker, whose long Park Service career included a stint as Big Bend’s superintendent. Bob also is chair of the Keep Big Bend Wild organization that is pushing to see a large portion of the park designated as official wilderness.
0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
1:10 Vista Verde - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of Peaks, Plateaus & Canyons
1:37 Friends of Acadia
2:02 Grand Canyon Conservancy
2:31 Episode 363 - Big Bend's Big Wall
19:43 The Road Scholar - Bill Mize - The Spirit of South Dakota
20:02 Friends of Acadia
20:27 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
20:48 Washington National Park Foundation
21:11 NPT Promo
21:26 Episode 363 Continues
48:35 Escalante - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of Peaks, Plateaus & Canyons
49:00 Episode Closing
49:27 Orange Tree Productions
49:59 Splitbeard Productions
50:10 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Jess Repanshek - March 1st, 2026 5:00am
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