Hundreds urge Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission to block Big Bend border barriers
Hundreds of people gathered in Austin on Wednesday for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's annual public hearing to oppose federal border barriers on state park land in far West Texas [1]. Speakers included former Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials, law enforcement officers and former state officeholders, who asked commissioners to keep construction out of state parkland and the wider Big Bend region [3]. The Trump administration has targeted both Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park for border security infrastructure, saying the area needs measures against illegal immigration, while a bipartisan group of elected officials is working to stop the plan [2].
Sources
- feeds.texastribune.org · Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners inundated with border wall concerns during annual meeting Aug 19, 2026
- feeds.texastribune.org · What to know about possible border barriers in Big Bend Aug 18, 2026
- houstonpublicmedia.org · Opponents of Big Bend border construction take protest to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Aug 20, 2026
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