A West Texas ranch near Big Bend National Park was recently purchased for $1.2 million and will be managed by TPWD.

Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National Park last March, a volunteer and a park ranger came across a plant they didn't recognize.

Starting May 1, visitors to Big Bend National ... at the park in decades, and it’ll cause disruptions. Popular sites outside the basin, such as Santa Elena Canyon, Balanced Rock, and Rio Grande ...