West Texas' Big Bend needs your help.
The Trump administration is pushing to wall off Big Bend National Park, a crown jewel of America's national heritage.
The 517-mile Big Bend Sector is only a tiny slice of that vast, remote border between the United States and Mexico. Yet the Department of Homeland Security is rapidly moving forward with plans to wall off virtually every river access point to Big Bend National Park.
This would wall off wildlife from their only water source, the Rio Grande. It would plow through cultural sites and lock the river behind a wall of steel.
Last week, the Center joind more than 130 conservation groups, outfitters and rural Texas businesses to urge Congress to block federal funding for border wall construction in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.
This administration's disdain for public lands knows no bounds. This latest threats against Big Bend is no different. It's a disturbing act of political vandalism, not security.
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