Originally posted May 21; updated June 8, 2026
Article Updated – Six former superintendents of Big Bend National Park are expressing “grave concerns” with the Trump administration’s plan for new border barriers, roads and surveillance technology in the park, describing the plan as “unnecessary and highly destructive.”
The group of superintendents – whose collective tenure at the park dates back to the 1980s – sent a letter Thursday to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, urging him not to waive federal environmental laws for the project, as the administration has done in other parts of the Big Bend region.
“The diminishment of the area’s wild character, impeded access to the Rio Grande for recreation, and loss of opportunities to experience the darkest night sky in the nation if the infrastructure were lighted, would cause tremendous damage to the area’s economy, which is highly dependent upon tourism,” the group wrote.
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