An innovative archaeological dig has revealed the park's original wet prairie, buried by years of farming and development.
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Out with the new, in with the old: prairie restoration at Sheldon Lake
A fierce battle is under way to vanquish invasive grasses and restore the prairie's native landscape.
Read More »Booming Prairie Chickens at the Attwater Refuge
An early morning visit to the breeding grounds of the endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken.
Read More »Jupiter and its moons at McDonald Observatory
On a visit to the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, I gazed at Jupiter and the Orion Nebula and traveled in the footsteps of Galileo.
Read More »Big Bend Ranch: West Rim Overlook Trail
The Fresno Rim trail offers a taste of a solitary desert hike - without the difficulties of most of Big Bend Ranch's more primitive routes.
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Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
The terrain varies from flowering prairie at Doeskin Ranch to rocky trails through the juniper at Warbler Vista.
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Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
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Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
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McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
Sanctuaries
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Smith Oaks & The Rookery
The Rookery is a tenement for birds, where they gossip, fight and raise their families.
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Boy Scout Woods Bird Sanctuary
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Sabine Woods Sanctuary
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Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Trails
Big Bend: Santa Elena Canyon Trail
With the tall walls and narrow pathway between them, the trail is ...
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The South Rim overlooks a landscape of Chihuahuan desert and carpeted peaks that reaches into Mexico.
Read More »Big Bend: Window Trail
The Window is a narrow gap in the Chisos Mountains that frames the surrounding desert and showcases spectacular sunsets.
Read More »Big Bend: Burro Mesa Pour-off Trail
The darker rhyolite and yellow breccia layers from the bluff at the ...
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