Border chief defends billion-dollar plan to erect barriers in national park to ward off ‘cartel activity’

Rodney Scott says the controversial project is needed to keep Big Bend National Park ‘safe, secure, and pristine’

A coalition of landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and business owners that say any work in Big Bend National Park would forever change the place often called "Texas' gift to the nation."

Bulldozers tear through Big Bend National Park for border security project  CNN

The Trump administration has moved heavy-duty construction equipment into Big Bend National Park and started work on a border security project despite bipartisan concern about damage to the environmentally sensitive area of West Texas.

The ‘dust-devil’ resembled a scene out of the Wizard of Oz as it ripped through the Royal Park