An innovative archaeological dig has revealed the park's original wet prairie, buried by years of farming and development.
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Out with the new, in with the old: prairie restoration at Sheldon Lake
A fierce battle is under way to vanquish invasive grasses and restore the prairie's native landscape.
Read More »Booming Prairie Chickens at the Attwater Refuge
An early morning visit to the breeding grounds of the endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken.
Read More »Jupiter and its moons at McDonald Observatory
On a visit to the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, I gazed at Jupiter and the Orion Nebula and traveled in the footsteps of Galileo.
Read More »Big Bend Ranch: West Rim Overlook Trail
The Fresno Rim trail offers a taste of a solitary desert hike - without the difficulties of most of Big Bend Ranch's more primitive routes.
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Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
The namesake of the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge - once among the most common birds on the coastal prairies of Texas and Louisiana - now is one of the most endangered birds in the country.
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San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
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Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
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Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
Sanctuaries
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Sabine Woods Sanctuary
Sabine Woods Sanctuary, an isolated stand of trees on the coastal plains between Sabine Pass and Bolivar Peninsula, is a haven for neotropical migratory birds.
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Boy Scout Woods Bird Sanctuary
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Smith Oaks & The Rookery
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Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Trails
Big Bend Ranch: Closed Canyon Trail
The Closed Canyon Trail offers a rare escape from the heat that bakes most of the trails in Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Read More »Big Bend: Ernst Tinaja Trail
The Ernst Tinaja Trail follows a dry wash past colorful, uplifted limestone walls to a deep, dark pool carved in the canyon floor.
Read More »Big Bend: South Rim trails
The South Rim overlooks a landscape of Chihuahuan desert and carpeted peaks that reaches into Mexico.
Read More »Guadalupe Mountains: McKittrick Canyon Trail
The McKittrick Canyon Trail is two trails in one. The first is ...
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