No Big Bend Wall

🚫 1.3% is not an emergency 🚫 Historically, the Big Bend Sector is the quietest part of the entire U.S. border. While federal rhetoric has described a “national emergency” to justify waiving environmental protections and seizing private land, their own CBP data tells a different story: ➡️ 1.3%: The Big Bend’s share of total border apprehensions in FY 2025 ➡️ 60-Year Lows: Current apprehensions across the entire US / Mexico border as of Spring 2026 The only real emergency is the threat to our land, water, and historic heritage from unnecessary government overreach. Sources: CBP.gov, WOLA.org #ThereIsStillAWall #NoBigBendWall #ProtectBigBend #TexasHeritage #ProtectPublicLands

@nobigbendwall is a community-led coalition in W. Texas fighting the good fight. Follow along for up-to-date news and ways to help out. Big love for Big Bend. Keep it wild. Love y'all.

TELL YOUR REPS, NO BIG BEND WALL!

The Department of Homeland Security issued the largest single border wall contract in American history today. $1.7 billion to irreversibly destroy the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. Earlier this week, the CBP commissioner said they wouldn't build walls in Big Bend, just new roads. But the new contract says "border walls" right on it, and there's no universe where a road costs $1.7 billion. The Department of Homeland Security can still reverse this decision. They can cancel these contracts and reinstate protections. Governor Abbott and Senators Cruz and Cornyn still have time to speak out against this assault on the wildest and most beloved public land in all of Texas. We won't stop fighting for Big Bend. Millions of people are on our side. Our love for this land is more powerful than these corrupt politicians, these billionaire contractors, and the cold dead steel they want to put between us and the Rio Grande.

BREAKING: DHS waives dozens of environmental laws to rush border construction through congressionally designated Wild & Scenic section of the Rio Grande in Big Bend--the incredibly remote Lower Canyons stretch. We're looking into legal action. In the meantime, here's our reaction: "The Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande are one of the wildest places in America—a stretch of river so remote that visitors can float for days without seeing a road, a light, or a single sign of the modern world. This waiver clears the way for DHS to blast roads through serene canyon walls, flood the darkness with artificial stadium lights, and build an industrial barricade across one of the last great rivers in the American Southwest. We will fight this looming catastrophe with everything we've got.” --Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity

Voices from Both Sides 2026 🎊 For years, an annual celebration has taken place at the Lajitas Crossing in Big Bend Texas. The border is temporarily opened at the crossing where we then share the mighty Rio Grande with our Mexican neighbors. It’s a day filled with love, dancing, swimming, music from both sides, and community. We know this event is a bit of a drive from Marathon, but we could not recommend it enough! It’s an event that emphasizes the importance of kindness in the midst of uncertainty. Thank you Voices from Both Sides for continuing a legacy of community 🤍 #bigbend #voicesfrombothsides #riogrande #nobigbendwall

We want to take this moment to be loud and clear once again: THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER. ✊ → Razor wire still sits on the banks of the Rio Grande in our community RIGHT NOW. Monsoon season is coming. That wire will end up in the river where our local river tours operate. → CBP is still planning to build paved roads through Big Bend National Park → A 30 foot steel bollard wall is still planned for the Big Bend sector, from Fort Quitman to Redford. → As far as we know, vehicle barrier systems are still planned for Big Bend National Park Road construction in the national park raises so many concerns: + construction traffic + dust from construction + water needed for dust mitigation + destroying fragile river ecosystems + construction pollution in our river + workforce housing in our communities where resources are already thin + lighting infrastructure that could ruin our world recognized dark skies — and more. Our community deserves answers, not confusion. Stand with us as we continue demanding transparency and due process. Big Bend still needs you. #bigbendnp #bigbend #keepbigbendwild

History is watching. Let’s make sure we’re on the right side of it. 🛑 No Wall then. No Wall now. #nobigbendwall #nowall #cta #texas #marfa

🗓️ TOMORROW! 🗓️ There will be a town hall meeting in Van Horn at the Convention Center on Wednesday, May 6, 6-7:30 PM. Come learn about the proposed border wall, proposed man camps, and what it could mean for our communities. #vanhorn #townhall #bigbend

🗓️ TERRELL AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES: Landowners along the border! 🗓️ Join us in Sanderson for a landowner coalition meeting on MONDAY MAY 4 at Ferguson Motors from 6-7:30PM. This is an opportunity to: 👉understand your rights 👉share information with your neighbors 👉learn about opportunities for FREE / probono legal representation We will be streaming the meeting for those who cannot attend in person. Please reach out to [email protected] for a link. This meeting is only for landowners and is not open to the general public. If you have not already signed on to our Landowner Coalition, please visit the link in our bio “Landowners: Get Support!” to do so. This is the best way to receive timely updates and resources. #nowall #Texas #protect #earth #explore

Atención Propietarios de Tierras en la Frontera! PRESIDIO Y CONDADO DE HUDSPETH: Es hora de unirnos! Los invitamos a la próxima reunión de la coalición de propietarios es hoy, Miércoles 29 de Abril en el Presidio Activity Center, de 6:00 PM a 7:30 PM. Esta es una oportunidad clave para: • Conocer sus derechos - legales como propietarios. • Compartir información valiosa con sus vecinos. • Recibir asesoría legal GRATUITA (pro-bono) y conocer sus opciones. No puedes asistir en persona? Estaremos transmitiendo la reunión en vivo. Solicita el enlace enviando un correo a: [email protected] Nota importante: Esta reunión es exclusiva para propietarios de tierras; no es un evento abierto al público general. Próximas Fechas: Condados de Terrell y Val Verde Ustedes siguen en la lista! Tendremos una reunión en Ferguson Motors (Sanderson) el lunes 4 de Mayo, de 6:00 PM a 7:30 PM. Pronto daremos más detalles! Únete a la Coalición! Si aún no te has registrado en nuestra Coalición de Propietarios, hazlo hoy mismo en: 👉 nobigbendwall.org Esta es la mejor manera de recibir recursos y actualizaciones de última hora directamente en tu mano. Tu tierra es tu patrimonio, infórmate y protégela!

📢 PRESIDIO & HUDSPETH COUNTY📢 Attention: Landowners along the border! Join us in Presidio for another landowner coalition meeting THIS WEDNESDAY, April 29 at the Presidio Activity Center from 6-7:30PM. This is an opportunity to understand your rights, share information with your neighbors and learn about opportunities for FREE / pro bono legal representation.  We will be streaming the meeting for those who cannot attend in person. Please reach out to [email protected] for a link.  This meeting is LANDOWNERS ONLY and is not open to the general public.  👉🏼 TERRELL AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES: You’re up next! A landowner meeting will be held at Ferguson Motors in Sanderson, on Monday, May 4, from 6-7:30PM. Stay tuned for more info. If you have not already signed on to our Landowner Coalition, please visit nobigbendwall.org to do so. This is the best way to receive timely updates and resources. #landowners #knowyourrights #bigbendsector