!! SAVE BIG BEND !!

Terlingua has been my home for 57 Years...!

I have loved Bend Bend and the Rio Grande River for as long as I can remember. It holds a special place in my heart. Living in Terlingua has not always been easy. The Big Bend is many, many miles away from civilization. But I have dedicated my life to it. 

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My husband and I have worked very hard and invested everything into cutting out a living here. A Border Wall in Big Bend will affect tourism and could very likely bankrupt us.

I have a realistic fear of being homeless if we have to abandon our home and our business.

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We are not saying "no border security" - let's just be practical and figure out a way that won't destroy lives....PLEASE..!

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Pictured: Santa Elena Canyon (BBNP)

The Rio Grande is used recreationally from BBRSP all the way thru BBNP and the Rio Grand Wild & Scenic (known as the Lower Canyons and protected by BBNP). If a border wall is approved thru the Big Bend it will cutoff access to the river. These canyons would no longer be accessible for recreation or for animals trapped on the Texas side - they will die.

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Pictured: Lower Canyons (RG Wild & Scenic)

* Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has waived 28 Federal laws, including but not limited to the National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the Wild and Scenic River Act.

* The Big Bend sector is historically known to have low illegal crossings.

* The Big Bend and Rio Grande are one of the most intact desert ecosystems in the US - a living, breathing riparian zone and wildlife corridor that supports everything that lives near it....including US Citizens.

* Big Bend is a designated International Dark Sky Reserve threatened by "Lighted" walls.

* Big Bend is home to federally protected endangered species and archaeological, geological and ecological research sites that are threatened by demolition to literally carve a path for a wall that is not needed; and trap wildlife from the lifegiving water of the Rio Grande.​​

* A border wall in the Big Bend will affect tourism and harm the local economy, bankrupt river outfitters, decrease tourism (our main form of income); thereby, decreasing property values. It will have a trickle down affect and eventually affect our school and teachers who have also put down roots.

* 46 Members of the Texas House of Representative​, Brewster and Presidio County Commissioners, and Five Sheriff's from Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Presidio and Terrell Counties - who protect and assist the Border Patrol - have all issued a statement opposing a physical border wall.

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Pictured: Boquillas Canyon (BBNP)

Currently (as of 3/18/26) - Big Bend National Park "may" be excluded from a physical wall, but a National Park designation did not stop a wall along Arizona's border, so we are leery. We have received no official word from Homeland Security or our State Officials - only a colored line on map that seems to change daily. 

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We cannot get complacent - visit noborderwall.org

for all the information on who to contact.

 

Then share, share, share - Please.

Our livelihood depends on it.

 

Pictured: Mariscal Canyon (BBNP)

Big Bend Ranch State Park is NOT SAFE..!!!!! 

 

BBRSP is just as beautiful as the National Park and in many ways even more so. Part of the State Park is still slated for a Border Wall. 

 

Fisher Sand & Gravel has been awarded a $1.2 billion contract to build a "vertical barrier" from Ruidosa thru Big Bend Ranch State Park. They have a long rap sheet of environmental and safety violation - as well as numerous lawsuits and history of tax fraud

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Hwy 170 runs thru BBRSP and along the river - offering one of the most scenic drives in the country. In some spaces there isn't even room for a wall to exist between the road and the river. 

 

Desiccating a river corridor and riparian zone that supports millions of people and wildlife is just not feasible.

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Pictured: Colorado Canyon (BBRSP)

* The Big Bend sector is huge and is historically known to have low illegal crossings - 1.3% is zero in Border Patrol terms and have shown a decrease of 74% since 2021.

* Texas's southern border is NOT LIKE the rest of the southern border of the US. It is not just a line across the map. It is a living, breathing river and riparian zone that has supported the lives of wildlife and US citizens' lives for centuries. 

* The canyons, mountains and miles of desert on both sides of the river make crossing inhospitable. Most who attempt it are unprepared - cannot carry enough water and food to "disappear" in a populated area. Those who try are easily found, call for help or die trying.

*  Our Men and Women on the ground (Border Patrol) know exactly where the few areas of attempts are located and are easily patrolled.

* Spending billions of taxpayers money on a pointless wall is ludicrous. We already have a secure border in Big Bend.

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Pictured: Lower Canyons (Wild & Scenic)