While the federal government has paused work to build border security infrastructure in Texas’ Big Bend National Park, people opposing similar construction in the broader region are set to attend a state commission meeting Wednesday to stop it on state land.
Many West Texas landowners, business operators and law enforcement officials are expected to be at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s annual public hearing in Austin to protest the border measures – including plans for construction at Big Bend Ranch State Park, near the national park – that they say will harm the environment, impact recreational businesses
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