Hundreds urge Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission to bar border barriers in Big Bend
Hundreds of people attended the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's annual public hearing in Austin on Wednesday to ask that federal border barriers be kept off state park land in far West Texas, after bulldozers entered Big Bend National Park [1]. Those attending included former Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials, law enforcement officers and former state officeholders, who urged 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 since January 2025, while a bipartisan group of elected officials is seeking to stop the plan [2]. Historically the region has recorded the fewest illegal crossings along the border [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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