In the 1830s, the property became a Mexican land grant, and then was purchased by James P. Sargent, a New Hampshire native ...

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The Chisos Basin area of Big Bend National Park will be closed off to visitors for approximately two years starting this fall ...

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A bi-partisan bill aimed at expanding Big Bend National Park was blocked in the U.S. Senate Thursday. Here's why.

A long-private 671-acre ranch near Big Bend National Park — a property that includes a remote, scenic stretch of shoreline on the Rio Grande — will now be open to the public. The Nature ...

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

Heath Canyon Ranch, a 671-acre property nestled between Big Bend NP and Black Gap National Wildlife Management Area, has been purchased by the Nature Conservancy in Texas (TNC) and will be managed ...

The Nature Conservancy in Texas and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have purchased Heath Canyon Ranch, a 671-acre property located just outside Big Bend National Park. (Photo By Braden Echols ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking management control of a 600-plus-acre ranch near Big Bend and adding it to a local Wildlife Management Area. The Nature Conservancy in Texas has ...