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Adelante Tejas partnership: San Antonio College visits Sul Ross - Alpine Avalanche

Adelante Tejas partnership: San Antonio College visits Sul Ross Alpine Avalanche Included in the agenda was an orientation to Sul Ross facilities, departments and people, and visits to the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute's Nature Center, McDonald Observatory and Big Bend National Park. Sul Ross administration officials ... and more »

Adelante Tejas partnership: San Antonio College visits Sul Ross - Alpine Avalanche

Soldiers and Their Families Treated to National Parks 5/16/12 - KOSA

KOSA

Soldiers and Their Families Treated to National Parks 5/16/12 KOSA Active duty military and their families can soon visit any or all 397 national parks, including Big Bend, free for a year. The National Park Service will begin issuing an annual pass on Saturday, Armed Forces Day. They can receive their passes, ... and more »

Soldiers and Their Families Treated to National Parks 5/16/12 - KOSA

Drought, freezes changing landscape in Big Bend - Houston Chronicle

Drought, freezes changing landscape in Big Bend Houston Chronicle ADVANCE FOR MONDAY APRIL 30 - In this April 23, 2012 photo, Joe Sirotnak, a botanist at Big Bend National Park holds a piece of prickly pear cactus near the park's headquarters killed by the recent deep freeze in Big Bend, Texas. and more »

Drought, freezes changing landscape in Big Bend - Houston Chronicle

Park Service slammed for new bike trail at Big Bend NP - Summit County Citizens Voice

Park Service slammed for new bike trail at Big Bend NP Summit County Citizens Voice By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — A simmering controversy over a new mountain bike trail in Big Bend National Park boiled over again earlier this month, as the park service started work on the trail before publishing a formal Finding of No Significant ... and more »

Park Service slammed for new bike trail at Big Bend NP - Summit County Citizens Voice

Bill giving agency control of lands sparks concerns - San Antonio Express

Bill giving agency control of lands sparks concerns San Antonio Express By Tony Freemantle The cliffs of Santa Elena Canyon soar above the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park, one of the national parks that could be affected by a proposed law making its way through Congress that would allow the Department of Homeland ... and more »

Bill giving agency control of lands sparks concerns - San Antonio Express

Some see border security bill as threat to ecology, preservation - Houston Chronicle

Some see border security bill as threat to ecology, preservation Houston Chronicle By Tony Freemantle In this Oct. 31, 2011 photo, work is underway in Big Bend National Park, Texas, on a planned remotely-operated port of entry at the Rio Grande. It would be the first of its kind on the US-Mexico border and provide access to Boquillas ... and more »

Some see border security bill as threat to ecology, preservation - Houston Chronicle

Extreme weather killing off hardy Big Bend plants - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Extreme weather killing off hardy Big Bend plants Fort Worth Star Telegram The first blow came when only 2.53 inches of rain fell during 2011 at the headquarters of Big Bend National Park, less than a fifth of normal precipitation. And the second was a five-day freeze in February 2011, when the mercury dropped almost to zero. and more »

Extreme weather killing off hardy Big Bend plants - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Mountain bikers dispute charges against national park trail - Summit County Citizens Voice

Mountain bikers dispute charges against national park trail Summit County Citizens Voice By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — A Boulder-based bicycling group is defending its advocacy for a mountain bike trail in Big Bend National Park. Conservation and watchdog groups charge that the National Park Service erred by starting construction of the ... and more »

Mountain bikers dispute charges against national park trail - Summit County Citizens Voice

Big Bend's landscape devastated - San Antonio Express

Big Bend's landscape devastated San Antonio Express The first blow came when only 2.53 inches of rain fell during 2011 at the headquarters of Big Bend National Park, less than a fifth of normal precipitation. And the second was a five-day freeze in February 2011, when the mercury dropped almost to zero.

Big Bend's landscape devastated - San Antonio Express

Splitting hares and rabbits - Austin 360

Austin 360

Splitting hares and rabbits Austin 360 Cottontails, such as this one at Big Bend National Park, live in grass nests above ground, like hares. Other rabbits, however, live underground in burrows. One difference between hares and rabbits is that rabbits are born blind and hairless, ...

Splitting hares and rabbits - Austin 360