Our Supporters

Big Bend Chamber of Commerce
Brewster County Historical Commission
Former County Judge Eleazar Cano, Brewster County (Alpine)
Commissioner Sara Colando, Brewster County (Terlingua)
Sheriff Ronny Dodson, Brewster County (Alpine)
Marathon Chamber of Commerce

Fort Davis Chamber of Commerce

Former County Judge Cinderela Guevara, Presidio County (Marfa)
Marfa Chamber of Commerce
County Judge Jose Portillo, Jr., Presidio County (Marfa)
Presidio County Commissioners Court

Alpine City Council
Mayor Catherine Eaves
Chris Ruggia, Director of Tourism, City of Alpine
Former Alpine City Councilmember Judy L. Stokes

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma
Jumano Nation of Texas
Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas
San Carlos Apache Tribe, Arizona
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona
Tsalagivi Nvdagi (Texas Cherokee) Tribe
White Mountain Apache Tribe, Arizona
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas

American Bird Conservancy (Alpine Affiliate & National)
Angell Expeditions; Charles Angell, Owner (Redford)
Ballroom Marfa (Marfa)
Big Bend Citizens Alliance
Big Bend Conservancy
Big Bend Glamping (Terlingua)
Big Bend Hiking and Boating Company (Terlingua)
Big Bend Natural History Association
Big Bend Overland Tours
Big Bend Photo and Birding Tours (Terlingua)
Big Bend Resorts and Adventures (Terlingua)
Big Bend River Tours (Terlingua)
Blas Payne House Air B&B, Linda Beranek, Owner (Marathon)
Boquillas Adventures, SA de CV, Mike Davidson & Ernesto Hernandez, Owners (Terlingua)
Cactus Flower, Carol Townsend, Owner (Marathon)
Chihuahuan Desert Preservation Association (Shafter)
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
Chisos Mountains Lodge
Desert Rose Provisions, Lauren Henry, Owner (Alpine)
Dixon Water Foundation (Marfa)
Evans Gallery, James Evans, Owner (Marathon)
Explore Big Bend, Joselyn Fenstermacher, Owner
French Company Grocer, Samuel Stavinoha, Owner (Marathon)
Front Street Books, Anne Calaway, Owner (Alpine)
Get Lost River Tours, LLC, Chris Tsacher, Owner (Terlingua)
Greens Gurl, Shannon Carter, Owner (Terlingua)
Go Big Bend, Mike Davidson, Owner (Terlingua)
Judd Foundation (Marfa)
King Land and Water LLC (Marfa)
Moreland Properties, Kim Collins, Owner (Marathon)
Presidio County Republican Party
Raincrow Wildlife, Clifton Ladd (Alpine)
Rancho de los Arboles Muerto, Brian Hardin, Owner (Terlingua)
Skelton’s Runway, Ryan & Marisol Skelton, Owners (Alpine)
Stone Village Enterprises LLC, Randall Kinzie, Owner (Fort Davis)
Tierra Grande Chapter, Texas Master Naturalists
Villa Terlingua
Wild Adventure Outfitters (Terlingua)

Fred Bayler, Former Executive Director, Big Bend Natural History Association
Kevin Bishop (Marathon)
Erika Blecha (Alpine)
Maggie Bootman (Alpine)
Lindsey Bredemeyer (Alpine)
Craig Campbell (Alpine)
Julie Childs, Executive Director, Big Bend Natural History Association
Marian Collins (Marathon)
Autumn Cool (Alpine)
Dan Dunlap (Marfa)
Jessica Eley (Alpine)
David Elkowitz & Reine Wonite (Terlingua)
Ben H. English, Regional Author (Alpine)
Joan Stutts Escamilla (Alpine/Terlingua)
Jayne Gallo (Marathon)
Pete Gallego, Former President, Sul Ross University
Sherri Gilbert (Alpine)
Alfredo Gonzles (Fort Davis)
Mellie Hernandez (Marathon)
Kent Hicks (Alpine)
Joe Holley (Marathon)
Tom Kennedy (Alpine)
Robert R. Krull (Terlingua)
Brenda Ladd (Alpine)
Bailey Larremore (Alpine)
Wendy Little (Alpine)
Isai Llanes
Margaret Mannchen (Alpine)
David & Darlene Mollard (Marathon)
John Morelock (Terlingua)
Ingrid Murphy (Marathon)
Cynta de Narvaez (Terlingua)
Valerie Naylor, Conservation & Travel Consultant (Alpine)
Phyllis Newman-Kennedy (Alpine)
Margaret Peterson (Fort Davis)
David Pettigrew (Alpine)
Dr. Teznie Pugh, Superintendent, McDonald Observatory
Liz Rogers, Attorney (Alpine)
Carolyn Rose (Alpine)
Patrick Sammons & Mary Chapman (Marathon)
Warren Schaul (Alpine)
Bryon Schroeder (Alpine)
Ben Telesca (Alpine)
Professor Kevin Urbanczyk, Director, Rio Grande Research Center, Sul Ross University (Alpine)
Debbie & Jeff Wahrmund (Marathon)
John Waters, Former Publisher, Big Bend Gazette
Scott Watkins (Terlingua)
Stephanie Winston (Marathon)

Apollo’s Forge Training Institute for Emergency Services, Ryan Jones, CEO (Houston)
Bodo Surveying, David Bodo Jr., Owner (Carrollton, OH)
Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition
Circle JM Farms, Jesse Cooper & Marla Halfmann, Owners (Stanton)
ClearRoad Financial, Stephanie A.Trusler, Owner (Round Rock)
Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks
Deogram Design, Trey Hermann, Creative Director (Fredericksburg)
Eco El Paso, Joshua Simmons (El Paso)
El Paso Group of Rio Grande Chapter Sierra Club
Forever Resorts, LLC
Fort Clark Heritage Council, William F. Haenn, Senior Historian (Fort Clark)
Frontera Land Alliance (El Paso)
Hammer Built, Lance Levine, President (El Paso Metro)
Heroes Sports, Mike Barker, CEO and Founder (San Antonio)
Hollomon Price Foundation (San Antonio)
National Parks Conservation Association (Washington DC and Austin)
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Permian Basin Area Foundation (Midland)
Rio Grande Restoration, Steve Harris, Executive Director
San Antonio Missions Indian Descendants, Diana Moréno-Reyes (San Antonio)
Second Chance Wildlife Rescue, Dr. David Angerstein (El Paso)
SIG Management and Consulting Services LLC, Scott Gold, Owner (Taylor AZ)
Texas Avid Outdoors
Unidos para la Conservacion, A.C. (UPC)
Wallace Lumber Co., Jim and Beth Ivy, Owners (Fort Stockton)

Aden Acrey (Lubbock)
Frank Agar (Midland)
Troy M. Ainsworth (Las Cruces, NM)
Austin Allison (South Plains)
Virginia Nall Badgett (Midland)
Sarah Bass (Lubbock)
Neel Baumgardner (Austin)
Kristina Berrier (San Antonio)
Alathea & Jim Blischke (Midland)
David Bodo (Carrollton, OH)
Louie Bond (Wimberley)
Nick and Maia Bourdoumis (Midland)
Ken Brandon (Midland)
Emily Brieno (San Antonio)
Jennifer Carrillo (Midland)
Lisa Cervantes (San Antonio)
James Collett (Midland)
Kim Collins
Regina Cooper (La Marque)
Kinley Coyen (Sanderson)
Rosalia Cubillos (El Paso)
Sue Dalmeida
Jan deCrescenzo (El Paso)
Michael DeCrescenzo (El Paso)
Kathleen Devine (New Braunfels)
Tim Devine
Rebecca L. Dodge (Midland)
F. Dominic Dottavio, President Emeritus, Tarleton State University (Fulshear)
Steve Elfring
Jerry Emory
Gene Fisseler, Former Big Bend Conservancy Board Member (Houston)
Lorian Flores (El Paso)
Rita Frey
Andrea Friend (Bulverde)
Richardson Gill (San Antonio)
Pat Grediagin (Bend, OR)
Isabella Grijalva (El Paso)
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Hadorn (Midland)
Marcus Hathaway
Nick Hawthorne (San Antonio)
Tom Hawthorne (Adkins)
Lauren Henderson
Daisy Herr (San Angelo)
Ruth Hill (San Antonio)
William Hillier (Waxahatchie)
Lyn A. Hoffman, Ph.D. (Las Cruces, NM)
Holle Humphries, Ph.D. (Lubbock)
Pat Hunter (Midland)
Michael Hurley (Tucson, AZ)
Ashton Jeffers (San Antonio)
Andrew Kendall (Temple)
Elizaveta Kouskovskaya (Midland)
Jerry Kurtyka (El Paso)
Kenneth Lagleder (San Antonio)
Jennifer Lane
Rick LoBello, Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition Chair and Founder (El Paso)
Cristobal Lopez (San Antonio)
Courtney Lyons-Garcia, Executive Director, Public Lands Foundation (New Braunfels)
Doyon Main (Houston)
Adam Mann (San Antonio)
Anna Marini (California)
Ben Masters, Fin & Fur Films (Austin & Bozeman, MT)
Matt McGill (Odessa)
John Miles (Arroyo Seco, NM)
Karina Miller (San Antonio)
Neil, Helen, and Joe Martin (Katy)
Alan Montemayor (San Antonio)
Mary Jo Murphy
Devon Naples (Albuquerque, NM)
Michael Nickell (Midland)
Nancy Ojeda
Brian Ovens (McKinney)
Laurence Parent, Author & Photographer
Michale Pelkie (San Antonio)
Diane Perez (El Paso)
Leigh Ann Perkins (Houston area)
Robert L. Perry (Odessa)
Irene Perry (Odessa)
Doug & Paula Piper
Timothy Pitts (Las Cruces, NM)
Ronnie Pue (San Antonio)
Cristina Ramirez (San Antonio)
Jon Rezendez (El Paso)
Lance Robert (El Paso)
Kenneth Rust (Midland)
Kathleen Tolbert Ryan
Madison Sears (San Antonio)
Zoey & Kevin Sexton
Jeffry Smith (Midland)
Larry D. Spencer, Former Big Bend Conservancy Board Member (Dallas)
Gordon Standard (Houston)
Deborah Starrett (Houston)
Mark Steuer, PhD (Houston)
Art Tawater (Weatherford)
Misty Thomason (Midland)
Joe Tooley, Attorney; Member, Texas Police Chiefs Association & Former Big Bend Conservancy Board Member (Rockwall, TX)
Kelsi Urrutia
Victoria Villaseñor (San Antonio)
Kyle West (Magnolia)
Jasmine White (Austin)
Gary L. Williams (El Paso)
Stuart Wilson (San Antonio)
Sheri Woodall (Cross Roads)

Robert G. Stanton, NPS Director 1997-2001
Fran P. Mainella, NPS Director 2001-2006
Jonathan P. Jarvis, NPS Director 2009-2017

Denis Galvin, NPS Deputy Director 1985-1989 and 1997-2002
John Reynolds, NPS Deputy Director 1993-1996
Donald W. Murphy, NPS Deputy Director 2001-2007
Dan Wenk, NPS Deputy Director 2007-2011
David Vela, NPS Deputy Director 2019-2020 (College Station)
Shawn Benge, NPS Deputy Director 2020-2023
Mike Reynolds, NPS Deputy Director 2016-2018 and 2022-2024

Walt Dabney, Texas Parks & Wildlife Director; Chief Ranger & Superintendent, NPS
Abby Miller, Deputy Associate Director, Natural Resources, NPS
Jerry M. Mitchell, NPS Chief, Biological Resource Management
Dwight Pitcaithley, Chief Historian, NPS (Las Cruces, NM)
Bob Ratcliffe, Chief, Conservation & Outdoor Recreation, NPS
Jerry L. Rogers, Associate Director for Cultural Resources, NPS (Santa Fe, NM)
Michael Soukup, Associate Director for Natural Resources, NPS
Dan Sholly, Texas Parks & Wildlife Deputy Director and Chief Ranger, NPS (Terlingua)

Gil Lusk, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 1981-1986
Jim Carrico, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 1986-1991
Rob Arnberger, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 1991-1994
Frank Deckert, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 2000-2003
John King, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 2003-2006
Bill Wellman, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 2006-2012
Cindy Ott-Jones, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 2012-2017
Bob Krumenaker, Former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, 2018-2023