Big Bend National Park

New Lodge Construction At Big Bend National Park Delayed A Year

National Park Service officials have delayed for a year construction of a new lodge in the Chisos Basin of Big Bend National Park in Texas.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - August 22nd, 2025

National Parks Traveler Quiz And Trivia #89: The Chihuahuan Desert Edition

There are seven units of the National Park System located within the Chihuahuan Desert, and while this desert landscape looks barren, stark, and even monotonous, it is considered the most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s only fitting that such diversity be highlighted in this latest quiz and trivia piece.

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By Rebecca Latson - July 12th, 2025

Multiple Roads Closed, Campers Evacuated As Flooding Hits Big Bend National Park

Flooding in Texas prompted the evacuation of a campground and closed some roads and attractions in Big Bend National Park.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - July 4th, 2025

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #86: The Plants Edition

There are so many things making up the story of a unit within the National Park System, including plants, animals, and historic buildings. This month’s National Parks Quiz And Trivia edition focuses on some of the vegetation you might see during a national park visit.

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By Rebecca Latson - May 10th, 2025

Celebrating National Park Week 2025: What’s Your Plan?

It’s the start of National Park Week 2025. If you haven’t already worked up some plans to visit a national park, then this week should be the impetus you need to start formulating an idea for a trip to one of the 433 units within the National Park System.

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By Rebecca Latson - April 16th, 2025

Trump Militarizes Federal Lands Along Southern Border

President Trump has expanded the military's role on federal lands, including national parks, along the country's southern border, saying the border "is under attack from a variety of threats. The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past."

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 12th, 2025

UPDATE | Army Troops Sent to Big Bend Region, Including National Park, For Border Patrol

U.S. Army troops, supported with ponderous, eight-wheeled Stryker armored vehicles, could soon be deployed inside Big Bend National Park, if they are not there already, to support Border Patrol agents working to secure the border.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 2nd, 2025

Big Bend's Water Woes

Spring-break crowds, drought conditions, and a poor water source recently created quite the problem at Big Bend National Park, a problem that required the Big Bend Conservancy to bail out the National Park Service.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 1st, 2025

FLASH Act Could Damage National Park Units Along Mexico Border

An Arizona Republican wants to give the Border Patrol unfettered access across official wilderness, and potential wilderness, in Big Bend National Park and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in an effort to reduce illegal immigration.

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March 11th, 2025

Big Bend National Park Staffers Discover Entirely New Plant Species

A brand new plant species has been discovered in Big Bend National Park.

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By Compiled from NPS Releases - February 25th, 2025

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