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High Desert Photo-Essay
[Amanda Mayo is our Contributing Editor Marfa. Click here to visit her blog.] Lost Mine Trail, Big Bend National Park Antelope, Pinto Canyon Marfa, TX Marathon, TX Big Bend National Park Sunset Yucca...
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Department of the Interior Press Release
Washington, D.C. and Mexico, D.F.–In conjunction with the North American Leaders Summit held in Guadalajara, Mexico, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Mexican Minister of Environment and...
View ArticleBears, News and Snips August 17, 2009
“This young male black bear had been hanging around the parking lot and the restaurant area of the Chisos Mountain Lodge in Big Bend National Park on Monday AM … He actually came back to the window 2...
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Big Bend Snips, October 1st 2009
Truck Sign Painted by Evi Quaid Burnt By Unknown Arsonist –One last note on the Randi and Evi Quaid mess occurring here in Marfa… it looks as if someone has attacked the famous sign with fire. To...
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Hallie Stillwell Hall of Fame Museum
Hallie Stillwell Hall of Fame Museum [Amanda Mayo is our Contributing Editor Marfa. Click here to visit her blog.] Hallie Stillwell was a pioneer woman who married a rancher and made the trek west in...
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The Best Thing in the World
[By Contributing Editor, Alpine, Mark Glover] Black Gap – Raccoon prints busied the wet sand where a trail through the giant cane terminated at the Rio Grande. Pale green water meandered by. On the...
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A Guide to Green Business in the Big Bend Pt. 2: La Loma del Chivo
[Contributor Darci Pauser writes extensively on renewable energy at her blog The Field Trip ] On the “scruffy side” of the tracks in Marathon, Texas, sits La Loma Del Chivo. An eclectic variety of...
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Wildfires Rage through Brewster County
A plume of smoke is visible for miles upon miles Did you happen to smell an odor like burning pine leaves throughout the Big Bend? That was a wildfire that destroyed over 500 acres of foliage. It crept...
View ArticleTerlingua, Texas By the Book
[I am starting a series of very subjective articles on the Big Bend based on my memories of growing up there. To help me maintain a little objectivity, here are some objective facts.] Terlingua (Ghost...
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Big Bend National Park Camping
Edward Abbey, a leading author, environmentalist and wildlife advocate, once said of Big Bend, “I’d rather be broke down and lost in the wilds of Big Bend, any day, than wake up some morning in a...
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