Rural Newsrooms at the Frontlines of the Big Bend Wall

Rural Newsrooms at the Frontlines of the Big Bend Wall

In early 2026, the Trump administration quietly advanced plans to build more than 100 miles of steel border wall through the remote Big Bend region, a rural area in Far West Texas stretching down to the Rio Grande River. The administration waived dozens of environmental protections to expedite construction through protected areas like Big Bend State Ranch Park. When Charlie Angell, owner of Angell Expeditions and a river guide in the Big Bend re…