A bi-partisan bill aimed at expanding Big Bend National Park stalled in the U.S. Senate Thursday amidst an Oregon Democrat's effort to promote a rural education bill and other legislation.

A popular mountainous section of Big Bend National Park is about to close for two years ... news in New Braunfels and Comal County and water issues around Central Texas. She can be reached at ...

Big Bend National Park in Texas could soon expand by thousands of acres. Pictured is the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon in the park.(Dan Leeth / Special Contributor) Big Bend National Park in Texas ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — A Texas treasure is the focus of a bipartisan bill recently introduced in Congress. If passed, it would expand Big Bend National Park in West Texas. U.S. Senators ...

Under the proposed legislation, dubbed the "Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act," the National Park Service (NPS) would be authorized to acquire the stretch of land adjacent to ...

to West Texas and Big Bend National Park as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to curb the flow of migrants into the country. Pictured, a Stryker is seen during live-fire exercises at White ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) March 25 introduced the Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act, which would ...

Held from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Rosehead Park — or 4 to 8 p.m., if you choose the VIP ticket route — the Big Bend Brewfest is the Taylor County ... festival day: Mi Jefa's Tacos ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK ... biradiata —was found in its appearance. The park said Ovicula means “tiny sheep,” a reference to the thick white “wool” that covers the leaves.

Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National Park last March ... in what appeared to be thick white wool. Deb Manley, the volunteer ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Staffers at Big Bend National Park discovered ... sheep” — apropos for the white “wool” coating the plant’s leaves, the National Park Service added.

Researchers with the California Academy of Sciences have discovered a new species of sunflower endemic to the dry, rugged terrain found at Big Bend National Park. The wooly devil, which was ...