Big Bend National Park NewsLocal news for Big Bend National Park, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.A musical Rio Grande raft trip- April 18, 2008 BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas - Butch Hancock probably isn't the first singer-songwriter to wind up, 35 years after that first promising album, sleeping under a tarp down by the river. via Chicago Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/big-bend-national-park-tx/2008/04/a-musical-rio-grande-raft-trip... Tex-Arcana: How did Christmas Mountains get their name- April 13, 2008 "There's one particular spot (on top of the mountain) that has an absolutely beautiful view of the Chisos, the desert, the Rio Grande and Mexico" Most Texans probably were unaware of the Christmas Mountains when Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson elevated the profile of the state-owned land last year. via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/city/big-bend-national-park-tx/2008/04/tex-arcana-how-did-christmas-m... Christmas Mountains Now Open To Big Bend Visitors- April 11, 2008 "Imagine that - accessible through Big Bend, yet it protects Texans' Second Amendment rights" The Christmas Mountains . Jerry Patterson, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, announced today the Christmas Mountains are for the first time open to hikers and campers visiting Big Bend National ... via KLTV Tylerhttp://www.topix.net/city/big-bend-national-park-tx/2008/04/christmas-mountains-now-open-t... Big Bend National Park blends desert, mountains and history- April 9, 2008 Big Bend National Park sprawls across more than 800,000 acres of Far West Texas. via Miami.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/big-bend-national-park-tx/2008/04/big-bend-national-park-blends-... Main Street- April 2, 2008 "It was one that didn't make any sense. It started out as a burglary, and it ended up an initiation into a gang" NEWS TO KNOW1 New federal standards are proposed for railroad tank cars carrying substances considered poisonous if inhaled, particularly chlorine gas. 8B2 In a letter to the superintendent of Big Bend National Park, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson signals that he may be willing to transfer the Christmas Mountains to the National Park Service, but he still wants the public...http://www.topix.net/city/big-bend-national-park-tx/2008/04/main-street?fromrss=1 |