Originally posted July 10, 2026
Subject: Brewster County Vehicle Barrier System Construction
The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition) is comprised of more than 5,000 members, all of whom are retired, former, or current National Park Service (NPS) employees or volunteers who collectively represent more than 50,000 years of national park management and stewardship experience. The Coalition studies, educates, speaks, and acts for the preservation of America’s National Pak System. Among our members are numerous former employees of Big Bend National Park.
We urge the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to protect the wilderness character of Big Bend NP and minimize any potential impacts. In 1978, the National Park Service completed a multi-year Big Bend wilderness study, which recommended to Congress that 538,250 acres of the park be designated as wilderness and 44,750 acres as potential wilderness. In accordance with National Park Service Management Policies, more than 80% of Big Bend National Park is managed to protect its wilderness qualities. These areas of wilderness quality have the highest protection of any public lands.
Read the full story at ProtectNPS.org.
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