A stretch of rugged land just outside Big Bend National Park in Texas is now in public hands following a landmark conservation deal that expands access and safeguards a rare ecosystem along the Rio ...

Popular sites outside the basin, such as Santa Elena Canyon, Balanced Rock, and Rio Grande Village, are likely to get more traffic. But park officials remind visitors that Big Bend is far more ...

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 ...

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

The Nature Conservancy in Texas (TNC) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced the purchase of a 671-acre ...

It will be managed by TPWD as part of the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, which contains about 103,000 acres in the Big Bend area. The acquisition of Heath Canyon Ranch protects vulnerable ...

Heath Canyon Ranch, located just outside Big Bend National Park, will be added to the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area. And while it’s a small addition to the Black Gap’s 103,000 acres, it contains ...

The land will be managed by the state agency as part of Black Gap, expanding conservation and public land access in the Big Bend area. “The acquisition of Heath Canyon Ranch is a significant ...

DeAndrade is on a mission to scout wildlife in some of Big Bend’s hard-to-reach places in the GMC Canyon AT4. To begin his day, DeAndrade wades into the Rio Grande, the mighty river that runs ...