Big Bend National Park News

Lindsay Martin CBS 7 News February 8, 2010 Marfa- In just a few weeks, those with a conceal and carry license will be able to take their firearms with them into the state's national parks.

City folks go to Big Bend National Park for the majestic vistas and fresh air, but sometimes the milky haze and lung-burning smog above the vast West Texas upheaval are reminiscent of home.

Hello Again! It's been three days since my last post. We were so far out in the toolies we were without an Internet or Cell Phone signal for more than 48 hours.

Here's something you don't see every day! Mary and I spent the night in Marfa, Texas...still heading towards Big Bend National Park.

Over Christmas break my family paddled the Rio Grande River along the border of Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Most bands are known more for their music than for their name. This is not one of those bands.

Dewayne Hill stirs the chili at the Hot Rod Chili booth. A 35-gallon cast-iron pot was used to make 80 pounds of chili.

There's nothing like holiday present to remind us of holidays past. With five minutes left to 2009, we tip our hats to the best things we saw, did, and ate this year.

James Evans' lens and soul focus on land and people of West Texas. Marci Roberts When the light is right over the rugged landscape of Big Bend National Park, photographer James Evans heads out to find the honesty of the desert and the creatures that live here.

A North Texas Boy Scout troop is struggling to figure out how to make a long-planned camping trip to Big Bend National Park after someone stole all their gear.

A wilderness proposal is being compiled for Big Bend National Park, but it's not without some controversy.

Mark Williams is road tripping 1,500 miles through the heart of the American Southwest in a custom Suzuki Equator.

Austin's a fit city. There's no doubt about it. Journey along with Pamela LeBlanc as she explores all that's out there for the fitness-minded. If you use an RSS reader, here is feed for Fit City: XML .

We were shocked recently to find out that Texas' best-loved wild place, Big Bend National Park, isn't in the top tier of the nation's best-protected public land.

Blogwire Greg Harmangharman@sacurrent.comSince the 1930s, there's been talk of a Mexican counterpart to the 800,000-acre wilderness of Big Bend National Park... QueBlog I'm very proud to announce that my twice weekly commentaries can now be found at The American Conservative.

A recent report from Spiegel International contends that the global temperature rise has leveled off since year 2000.

Two organic milk companies dominate the industry by relying on lax federal standards.

The Texas coal rush threatens to throw a monkey wrench into the nation's long-delayed efforts to stem global warming.

"The big empty" is how my seatmate describes the landscape as our plane makes its descent to El Paso .

Douglas airplane on the field at Johnson's Ranch. Photo courtesy of NPS, Big Bend National Park.