Anyone who obtains a $12 river permit from Big Bend National Park can paddle their own canoe, kayak or raft on the Rio Grande. Carry life jackets, an extra paddle, a firepan and water, and do not ...

Take a river journey on the Rio Grande through Big Bend National Park in West Texas. You’ll see the US-Mexico border in a new, wild light.

Canoeing the Rio Grande near Big Bend National Park can be magical. But as the river dries, it’s getting harder to find where a boat will actually float.

The Rio Grande’s disappearing wetlands were part of a national trend. A 1990 report to Congress found that by the 1980s only 104 million acres of wetlands remained in the lower 48 states. That ...

Take a river journey on the Rio Grande through Big Bend National Park in West Texas. You’ll see the US-Mexico border in a new, wild light.