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Grassroots org working to save Big Bend from border construction - rallies every week in Austin, Dallas, Houston & San Antonio
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Six months of donations for Big Bend wrapped today. Total proceeds are now up to $5753.84, and we can't thank everyone enough for the support, it has been truly inspiring to see. We added one additional state to our map this month, shout out Vermont! Proceed breakdown: $209.41 to Save Big Bend from their SBB Collection $506.64 to the Center for Biological Diversity $24.40 to Keep Big Bend Wild from license plate frames - we will roll that amount into our December 1st payout to allow more time for raising additional proceeds Since the pause in construction, we have had a steep drop off in sales traffic (which feels like a strange thing to be happy about, but we are thrilled because it means good things are happening!!!). The shop will remain up indefinitely, but we are going to take this time to adjust our donation cadence and the next round will go out on December 1st! Thanks again for the continued support, none of this would be possible without all the love for the region. We hope everyone feels proud showing off their stuff and using their voices to protect this beautiful place. #nobigbendwall #savebigbend #keepbigbendwild #bigbendforever #noalmuro
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Shout out to Angie and Erik for repping their merch all the way out in the Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America! It has been so cool to see all the national parks yall have visited wearing your Big Bend Forever gear. Keep your voices loud and spreading the word! You can find this and more at https://bigbendforever.bigcartel.com #nobigbendwall #savebigbend #keepbigbendwild #bigbendforever #NoAlMuro
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Our national parks deserve fighters like Katy Padilla Stout in Congress, and ParksPAC is proud to endorse her race for the Texas 23rd congressional district. Not only is Big Bend protection at the top of her issues, she has spent time with the folks on the ground that this unwanted border wall impacts. Katy Padilla Stout will vote no on any wall in our national parks, defend and fully fund park and staff, and never vote to sell off our carve up our lands. @katy4congress Join us.
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About a week ago, local west Texas landowners and businessowners were joined by public lands lovers nationwide to celebrate a federal court ruling (by a Republican-appointed judge, no less) that stopped all border construction in the Big Bend Sector. However, less than a week later, the Department of Homeland Security made its next move. As expected: as hard as the locals in Big Bend have fought to save their property and protect their way of life, Homeland Security isn’t giving up its attempts to destroy those things either. On Thursday, October 8, the agency filed a motion to "stay" the preliminary injunction. In plain words, that means halt, pause, postpone, or suspend the court ruling, which would allow DHS to resume border construction right away. But they went further. “The Office of the Solicitor General intends to seek Supreme Court review of this Court’s preliminary injunction,” the DHS motion says. “If an immediate stay is not granted by this Court, Defendants intend to seek expedited relief in the Supreme Court.” “The government’s compelling interests plainly outweigh whatever environmental, aesthetic and recreational injuries plaintiffs and their members may incur if the district court’s injunction remains in place,” the Trump administration’s attorneys wrote. So, the Big Bend border barrier dispute is very likely headed to the Supreme Court. That would be absolutely huge. If the conservative court takes the case—and that's a big, big if—it will end up ruling on the conflict between federal construction projects and private property rights in rural Texas, of all places. It will then also rule on the federal government's authority to waive all kinds of environmental laws to destroy natural areas at will. For now, construction remains halted across the entire Big Bend Sector, including Big Bend National Park. But this might end up in the hands of the majority right-wing Supreme Court judges, and it will be absolutely fascinating to see how they deal with this. This is a story that just keeps on twisting and turning. And it is by no means over. #nobigbendwall #noalmuro #keepbigbendwild #bigbend #publiclands
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🚨 BREAKING BIG BEND UPDATE — 10/9/26 🚨 ⚠️ THE FIGHT TO SAVE BIG BEND IS FAR FROM OVER! Just ONE WEEK after Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone ordered a STOP to border wall and border barrier construction across the Big Bend Sector, the Trump administration is asking her to suspend that ruling and allow construction to RESUME! 🚜 More bulldozers. More roads. More barriers. More potential destruction of one of America’s most spectacular and irreplaceable landscapes! ⚖️ DHS and CBP are also preparing to take their fight to the U.S. SUPREME COURT! 🌵 BIG BEND IS WORTH PROTECTING! This is about more than a border wall. It’s about protecting Big Bend National Park, the Rio Grande, our wildlife, our dark skies, our public lands, and the tourism economy that supports our communities. 💥 BIG BEND IS NOT A SACRIFICE ZONE! The injunction remains in place, but the fight is NOT OVER! 📢 WE NEED YOUR HELP! ❤️ LIKE this video if you love Big Bend! 💬 COMMENT: Should construction be allowed to resume? 🔁 SHARE this Reel to help spread the word nationwide! 👀 FOLLOW @bigbendfarflung for continuing updates from the front lines of the fight to SAVE BIG BEND! 📰 Read today’s reporting from Marfa Public Radio: https://www.marfapublicradio.org/border-immigration/2026-10-09/trump-admin-asks-judge-to-let-big-bend-border-construction-continue OUR VOICES MATTER. OUR PUBLIC LANDS MATTER. BIG BEND MATTERS! 🇺🇸🌵 #SaveBigBend #NoBigBendWall #BigBendNationalPark
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The storm has settled over Big Bend. This week bulldozers and heavy equipment to build the border wall have left Terlingua and Big Bend National Park. A giant win for locals and nature conservationists! Center for Biological Diversity, alongside local Brewster Country leaders and Texan photographers, nature guides and educators filed an injunction blocking further border barrier construction in the Big Bend region. Though this is not permanent, it’s a big set back in the Trump administrations attempt to take public land and destroy national and state parks. The fight is not over, but there’s light breaking through this dark period in American politics and the destruction of public land. To stay informed and support locally follow @nobigbendwall @savebigbend and @resistancerangers #bigbend #texas #nowall #bigbendnationalpark #publiclands
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BREAKING: Today, a federal judge issued an emergency injunction BLOCKING border barrier and road construction across the Big Bend region. The Trump Administration had lifted a temporary pause on construction in Big Bend National Park earlier this week. This victory is the result of months of organizing and bipartisan support for an end to the destruction. Thousands of people in Texas and across the nation told our leaders to put a stop to bulldozing in Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, and surrounding lands. We are grateful to the @centerforbiodiv, @ruidosachurch, and a Big Bend-area river guide and landowner who led the lawsuit that resulted in this victory. Sierra Club, @texassierraclub, and @npcapics backed them in court, represented by @earthjustice. And many other partners, community members, and allies have also joined the fight. Join us in demanding a PERMANENT halt to border destruction in the Big Bend region. Go to sc.org/ProtectBigBend or text “BIG BEND” to 64696
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📢 Update: YES! BIG WIN FOR BIG BEND! Federal Judge just froze all destruction to the entire Big Bend area! Today they had a hearing for Big Bend in EP No Wall! Protect Big Bend! If we stand for nothing we fall for everything. @bigbendnps is only a short and beautiful 4 hr drive away. I encourage you to go visit. Anyone with eyes and half a brain can see there is no need for a wall there. The terrain is brutal and this border only accounts for 1% of border crossings. Other than being a huge waste of our tax paying $ it is also a devastating blow to our national park, animals, environment, ecosystem and history. We have to be good Stewards of the land. It IS up to us. Please make sure you are registered to vote by this coming Monday. If you are not, please reach out to me and I can help get you registered to vote for the upcoming election. We have to try and save Big Bend #bigbendnationalpark #bigbend #anniesadventures #elpasotexas #elpasolocal
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Imagine looking at all this glory and thinking: needs more wall #bigbendnationalpark #optoutside #nationalparkgeek #hikingadventures #publiclandsinpublichands
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BREAKING: Last night, the pause on destructive border construction in Big Bend expired — and bulldozers could return. In August, bulldozers began clearing new roads through Big Bend National Park, threatening wildlife habitat, wilderness-quality landscapes, cultural resources, and the region’s famous dark skies. Public pressure helped stop the destruction. Now Big Bend needs us again. On Friday, our allies will be back in court seeking an emergency freeze on construction and we’ll be there in support. Tens of thousands of people have already spoken up — and we’re not stopping now. Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, and the surrounding borderlands should not be carved up by new walls, roads, barriers, bright lights, and other destructive infrastructure. Tell your elected officials: No destruction in Big Bend. Protect this extraordinary place for wildlife, local communities, and generations to come. Take action NOW: sc.org/ProtectBigBend or text “big bend” to 64696
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