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Government officials begin meeting with Big Bend area landowners about border wall plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Government officials begin meeting with Big Bend area landowners about border wall plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have started meeting with Big Bend area landowners about the prospect of border walls on their land. Landowners say they’re concerned about flood risks and the destruction of archeological sites.
Desert Dispatch Vol. 64 | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Desert Dispatch Vol. 64 | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Armed & Generous, Friendly & Charitable
Big Bend National Park could see vehicle barriers, patrol roads under latest changes to border wall plans | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Big Bend National Park could see vehicle barriers, patrol roads under latest changes to border wall plans | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection updated its map of planned border wall projects to add vehicle barriers and patrol roads to portions of Big Bend National Park on Tuesday. It’s not clear if the barriers would be temporary or permanent.
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The core of the festival program is our main slate of feature and short films, highlighting politically, culturally and socially relevant films from diverse storytellers.
Big Bend residents and national environmental group sue Trump administration over border wall plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Big Bend residents and national environmental group sue Trump administration over border wall plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
A West Texas river guide and church preservation group, along with a national advocacy group, argue in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the administration illegally bypassed a range of environmental protection laws as it plans a 175-mile stretch of border wall in the state’s Big Bend region.
Border wall-related roadwork halted as Big Bend area officials scrutinize contractor’s plans | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Border wall-related roadwork halted as Big Bend area officials scrutinize contractor’s plans | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Local officials are discussing how to move forward with a wall contractor’s use of a remote county road leading to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Desert Dispatch Vol. 63
Desert Dispatch Vol. 63
Springtime Again
Jeff Davis County officials to discuss path forward for border wall contractor’s road work | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Jeff Davis County officials to discuss path forward for border wall contractor’s road work | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
County commissioners will meet Thursday to consider having Barnard Construction donate construction work on a remote dirt road that could be used to facilitate the Trump administration’s border wall plans in the region.
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Big Bend area officials seek more info on road work tied to border wall plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Big Bend area officials seek more info on road work tied to border wall plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Jeff Davis County Judge Curtis Evans says he “shut down” a construction crew that was working as a subcontractor for Barnard Construction on improving a rugged dirt road that leads to the Rio Grande. Barnard is the Montana firm that was recently awarded nearly $2 billion to build border walls in the Big Bend region.
Chisos Mountains Lodge project at Big Bend National Park suddenly cancelled | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Chisos Mountains Lodge project at Big Bend National Park suddenly cancelled | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
A multi-million dollar project to tear down and rebuild the national park’s lodge and restaurant was abruptly canceled Wednesday just a month before it was set to begin. Park officials did not announce the decision or explain what led to it.
Desert Dispatch Vol. 62 | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Desert Dispatch Vol. 62 | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Birding for Beginners
Border wall plans changed to avoid Big Bend Ranch State Park
Border wall plans changed to avoid Big Bend Ranch State Park
The U.S. Border Patrol said Monday that Big Bend Ranch State Park may be spared from border wall construction. The news came after federal authorities briefed Big Bend area officials on border wall plans in recent days.
As Big Bend area border walls move forward, local landowners gear up for a fight | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
As Big Bend area border walls move forward, local landowners gear up for a fight | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Advocates are rushing to help landowners with legal aid in sparsely populated rural areas along the Rio Grande in the path of the border wall. The federal government's efforts to contact landowners about the project has hit a snag due to complicated land ownership.
In West Texas Pictographs, Archeologist Sees Roots of Today’s Kachina Tradition | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
In West Texas Pictographs, Archeologist Sees Roots of Today’s Kachina Tradition | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Kachina dolls are an iconic Indigenous art form. Their craftsmanship is striking, and non-Native people have long admired and sought to acquire them. But they’re just one element in an encompassing religious outlook.
West Texas sheriffs speak out against Big Bend area border wall plans | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
West Texas sheriffs speak out against Big Bend area border wall plans | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
A bipartisan group of five rural sheriffs released a joint statement Monday condemning the Trump administration’s plans for border walls in Texas’ Big Bend region. Multiple federal construction contracts have been awarded for the plan.
Trump administration removes Big Bend area projects from "Smart Wall" plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
Trump administration removes Big Bend area projects from "Smart Wall" plan | Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection this week quietly updated its "Smart Wall" map to remove two "primary border barrier system" projects in the Big Bend area, including one recently slated for Big Bend National Park. Other projects are still listed for parts of Presidio, Jeff Davis and Hudspeth counties.
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