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Celebrate the 50th Birthday of Guadalupe Mountains National Park with 5 Spectacular Hikes

An avid hiker and photographer shares some of his favorite excursions from a park he's been visiting since childhood

By Laurence Parent
December 2, 2022
The reflection of a tall rocky canyon wall over blue water

Sightseer

A Fresh Angle on Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park

November 23, 2022
Spiny, blue-gray cacti peek over a valley illuminated by sun shining on the Chisos mountains

Nature

Big Bend’s Indomitable Prickly Plant Life

By Matt Joyce
November 23, 2022

Nature

A Runner Sets Out to Experience the Variety of Texas’ Competitive Trail Runs

By Jennifer Stewart
October 27, 2022

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Palo Pinto Mountains State Park

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Prepares to Celebrate the Centennial of Texas State Parks in 2023

By Matt Joyce
October 12, 2022
South Llano River State Park

South Llano River State Park, a Treasured Hill Country Haven, is Getting a New Headquarters and Bridge

By Pam LeBlanc
September 12, 2022
St. Mary's Tour Natural Bridge Cavern

A New Adventure Tour at Natural Bridge Caverns Gives Novices a Chance to Be Explorers

By Pam LeBlanc
August 9, 2022
Two parents and their young children in front of an impressive rock formation that looks like a cavern

How One Houston Family Visited All 89 Texas State Parks—And More

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
August 8, 2022

What a 500-Year-Old Tree Taught Me About Putting Down Roots

By Ali Montag
July 29, 2022

Wildfires Continue Across Texas as Temperatures Soar and Droughts Worsen

By Ariel Castillo
July 25, 2022
The research group of 9 stands proudly beside found Quercus tardifolia

Oak Tree Thought to be Extinct Found in Big Bend National Park

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
July 19, 2022
A young person in a bright blue bathing suit stands in water being sprayed from a mechanical seahorse

Drive

San Antonio’s Morgan’s Wonderland Caters to Kids with Disabilities

By Clayton Maxwell
April 28, 2022

What Lurks in the Dark at Texas Parks?

By Pam LeBlanc
September 23, 2021
A woman stands with a shovel next to several plants in the desert

Big Bend is Ground Zero for a Thriving Black Market for Native Plants

By Melissa Gaskill
November 26, 2020
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