/tags/big-bend-national-park Big Bend National Park en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 07 May 2025 19:37:24 GMT /texasstandard/2025-05-07/heath-canyon-ranch-black-gap-wildlife-management-area-tpwd Heath Canyon Ranch was purchased by the Nature Conservancy in Texas and will be part of the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area. Wed, 07 May 2025 19:37:24 GMT /texasstandard/2025-05-07/heath-canyon-ranch-black-gap-wildlife-management-area-tpwd Laura Rice /texasstandard/2025-04-21/dark-sky-week-big-bend-mcdonald-observatory-texas McDonald Observatory astronomers worked with energy companies to dim their lights. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:44:02 GMT /texasstandard/2025-04-21/dark-sky-week-big-bend-mcdonald-observatory-texas Michael Marks /texasstandard/2025-03-18/west-texas-mammoth-tusk-discovery-sul-ross 鈥淚f that鈥檚 a stump, it鈥檚 the weirdest stump I鈥檝e ever seen.鈥� Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /texasstandard/2025-03-18/west-texas-mammoth-tusk-discovery-sul-ross Rhonda Fanning /energy-environment/2025-02-28/a-new-plant-species-the-wooly-devil-is-discovered-in-big-bend-national-park The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:21:00 GMT /energy-environment/2025-02-28/a-new-plant-species-the-wooly-devil-is-discovered-in-big-bend-national-park James Doubek /texasstandard/2024-12-12/big-bend-park-artist-residence-program-2025 Applications are open for the park鈥檚 artist-in-residence program, which includes housing and a small stipend for supplies. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:16:53 GMT /texasstandard/2024-12-12/big-bend-park-artist-residence-program-2025 Alexandra Hart /energy-environment/2024-10-31/texas-buys-353-000-acre-brewster-ranch-big-bend-national-park The Texas General Land Office purchased the private Brewster Ranch that had been listed for sale at more than $245.6 million. State officials did not disclose a final sale price. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:34:33 GMT /energy-environment/2024-10-31/texas-buys-353-000-acre-brewster-ranch-big-bend-national-park AG真人百家乐 Bubenik /energy-environment/2024-06-07/unchecked-growth-around-big-bend-sparks-debate-over-water-a-prelude-for-texas No one knows how much water sits beneath the desert of Terlingua. Residents worry their wells will run dry, as developers and local officials cheer the tourism boom. Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:31:24 GMT /energy-environment/2024-06-07/unchecked-growth-around-big-bend-sparks-debate-over-water-a-prelude-for-texas Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Eli Hartman /texas/2023-05-17/survey-finds-increase-in-first-time-big-bend-visitors-with-most-now-staying-outside-the-park A new 48-page report from Texas A&M University takes a deep-dive look at tourism trends at Big Bend National Park, which saw more than half a million visitors in 2022. Wed, 17 May 2023 20:31:27 GMT /texas/2023-05-17/survey-finds-increase-in-first-time-big-bend-visitors-with-most-now-staying-outside-the-park AG真人百家乐 Bubenik /energy-environment/2023-01-18/tourism-to-big-bend-national-park-slowed-in-2022-new-numbers-show Preliminary data from the National Park Service show Big Bend National Park saw an 11% drop in visitors last year, a slowdown from a record-high year in 2021. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:03:33 GMT /energy-environment/2023-01-18/tourism-to-big-bend-national-park-slowed-in-2022-new-numbers-show AG真人百家乐 Bubenik /energy-environment/2022-05-06/the-rio-grande-goes-dry-in-big-bend-revealing-a-river-system-in-crisis The forces that have killed the river this spring aren鈥檛 likely to abate. What鈥檚 happening now could become a regular occurrence. Fri, 06 May 2022 16:43:18 GMT /energy-environment/2022-05-06/the-rio-grande-goes-dry-in-big-bend-revealing-a-river-system-in-crisis