The Bipartisan Battle To Stop the Big Bend Border Wall

The Bipartisan Battle To Stop the Big Bend Border Wall

“This is not something we can afford to lose,” says archaeologist David Keller, gesturing into the distance toward the Rio Grande. We’re sitting outside The Ritchey, his bar in Alpine, a little town in the Big Bend region of Far West Texas. It’s April 18, the penultimate day of the annual Dark Skies Festival. Last … Continued The post The Bipartisan Battle To Stop the Big Bend Border Wall appeared first on D Magazine.

Update puts physical wall back in national park

Update puts physical wall back in national park Kara Gerbert M… Wed, 04/29/2026 - 20:03 In-page image(s) X Body Once again, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its “Smart Wall Map.” While land and business owners upstream from Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park have continued to push to have the planned border wall removed and pivoted to technology-only, many whose primary concern was physical structures in the na…