Sam Karas

After bulldozers entered Big Bend National Park, hundreds of Texans came to Wednesday's meeting to ask the agency to keep federal border barriers out of state parks.

Dozens gather in opposition of border infrastructure projects in the Big Bend region before the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's public meeting in Austin on Aug. 18, 2026.

The crack of Jeff Davis County Judge Curtis Evans's gavel rang out numerous times during a Commissioners Court meeting on Tuesday morning as meeting attendees clashed with commissioners over the question of whether the county should enter into a road use agreement with Barnard Construction, a Montana firm with a $960 million contract to build a stretch of border wall through the area. Sheriff Victor Lopez was tasked with restoring decorum and removed one person from the meeting.

A sixth lawsuit against the Trump administration was filed on Monday morning in District of Columbia District Court over plans to build border barriers across hundreds of miles of the Big Bend region –– this time, by a coalition of 230 landowners who face having their land seized by the government. A small crowd gathered outside the Presidio County Courthouse to mark the occasion.

On Monday morning, Terrell County commissioners tabled final action on a lease with border wall contractor Fisher Sand & Gravel to use the county airport as a construction staging area. The discussion marked the official foray of Terrell County officials into trying to negotiate with wall contractors –– an issue that has dogged nearby counties for months as small, cash-strapped governments try to capture some of the large influx of federal money flooding the region.

Stunned silence fell over the Terrell County courthouse on Friday afternoon after the Commissioners Court approved a lease with border wall contractor Fisher Sand & Gravel to use a portion of the county airport for a staging area and worker housing. While a handful of Terrell County residents showed up to voice their support for the lease, the vast majority of people who signed up to speak begged the county not to enter in any legal agreements with the contractor, citing concerns about the language of the lease itself, the potential impacts of a large influx of transient workers on county resources and the company's

EL PASO — A judge on Friday blocked further border barrier construction in the Big Bend region, approving an environmental group's motion for a preliminary injunction.

MARFA — For many people who live in and love the Big Bend region, the idea of a steel border wall through some of the country's most remote and wild landscapes has been a difficult pill to swallow. Almost a year into the saga, the issue has trickled down through social media posts and newspaper articles and lawsuit filings into one of the region's primary exports –– fine art.

The fight to stop the border wall in Big Bend is not over—but a federal judge's ruling has given activists a hard-won victory.

In Big Bend, a nationally divisive symbol has forged an unlikely alliance among Republicans, Democrats and nearly everyone in between.