A popular mountainous section of Big Bend National Park is about to close for two years to allow construction crews to work in the area, park officials say. The Chisos Basin area, including the ...

Big Bend National Park in southern Texas is an excellent destination for families looking to spend time together "off the ...

Campgrounds, facilities and the road into the Chisos Basin will be closed as well ... a sweeping public lands investment approved by Congress in 2020. In 2022, Big Bend officials settled on the plan ...

The entire Basin will be off limits to visitors for about 2 years, starting in August, 2025, and will reopen in segments. The rest of Big Bend State Park will remain open and operate as usual. This ...

When she took the helm at Big Bend NP, O'Connor said her top priority was supporting park staff during a time of record visitation and strained resources. "We really want to focus on the quality ...

The Nature Conservancy in Texas and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department purchased Heath Canyon Ranch, a 671-acre property located just outside Big Bend National Park.(Braden Echols / Provided ...

A photographic tour of the timeless Rio Grande, from its origins in the mountains of Colorado to the Padre Island dunes at the tip of Texas.

A long-private 671-acre ranch near Big Bend National Park — a property that includes a remote, scenic stretch of shoreline on the Rio Grande — will now be open to the public. The Nature ...

As the regional quarterfinals begin for a number of teams in the Big Bend region of Florida this week, it is time to recognize some of the top performers from a week ago. These athletes have had a ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking management control of a 600-plus-acre ranch near Big Bend and adding it to a local Wildlife Management Area. The Nature Conservancy in Texas has ...