New: Big Bend area residents - including a local river guide and church preservation group - are suing the Trump admin over its plan for a border wall in the region. Details from Marfa Public Radio: marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-04-1…

Tesla’s Giga Texas water use jumped more than 200 million gallons — by about 60% — in two years, as massive chip plant proposal raises concerns about Austin’s strained supply. bit.ly/47WI3eD

Texas needs at least $174 billion to avoid water crisis, state says. That new amount is more than double the amount predicted four years ago. The new forecast comes as supply is already drying up. bit.ly/4ciBypa

Christine Guerrero madi telschow Water has been an issue in Texas even before data centers were a thing. They are potentially making a bad problem even worse.

PLEEEEEEASE URGE YOUR CONGRESSMAN TO STOP THIS !!!! THIS ISN'T THEIR LAND TO DECIDE THAT. This land belongs to the Ojibwe & Chippewa tribes and is sacred lands. This would be yet another treaty broken by the US govt at the expense of our indigenous. #landback

Building a wall in Big Bend isn’t just waste of taxpayer dollars, it’s a threat to the lives of Texans. By disrupting the flow of the Rio Grande Valley, this project would increase the risks of deadly flash floods and severely impact downstream communities like Laredo. I

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The Onion has successfully acquired Alex Jones’ ‘Infowars’ after 17 months of legal battles and has debuted its new logo. It will be turned into a parody of itself, with the support of the Sandy Hook families. (variety.com/2026/digital/n…)

Story: kedt.org/texas-news/202… “No city in Texas has a plan for if its lakes go dry,” Mace said

Billy is our co-plaintiff. He's built his life & livelihood around the Rio Grande. He's raising his kid on the banks of this river. They call it their cathedral. DHS wants to take his property & build a wall that blocks his family from the river. It's criminal—and as we're

I fear for the total destruction this will inflict on the National Park. Some of the the hundreds of miles of new "patrol roads and tech" shown on the map would completely destroy Langford Hot Springs, and the Rio Grande Village campground. (2/5)

Advocates fighting border walls have been cautioning the Trump admin’s plans for the Big Bend could change at any moment - here’s one noting that very thing happening today:

Big Bend doesn't belong to Trump. It belongs to Texas. This Earth Day, we're with every Texan fighting to keep Trump's 150-mile wall out of Big Bend. NO WALL IN BIG BEND. #txlege

Trump's 2026 budget proposal cuts $736 million from the National Parks Service.

Ongoing barrier construction through wildlife refuges, state parks, and the National Butterfly Center has failed to attract the same level of statewide and nationwide outrage as the potential Big Bend border wall. texasmonthly.com/travel/rio-gra…

The federal govt is rushing Trump's border wall so badly that they're handing over information packets to landowners showing a wall being built *through their existing homes* They're also asking people to grant them land access with a promise to "pay later" once they're done.

More breaking: this morning DHS deleted the wall map from their website. Sure looks like they're trying to hide the irreversible destruction of the Big Bend region— including a crown jewel national park & the beloved heart of Texas' natural heritage—from the American public.

The National Park Service ran on a $3 billion budget and generated $56 billion in economic output in 2024. That’s over $17 back for every $1 invested. With a record of 332 million visitors last year, Americans clearly care about their parks and expect them to be funded.

14 judges representing the entire Texas-Mexico border—led by a Republican—are demanding to have a seat at the table with DHS, urging them to consider technology rather than physical wall in some locations. DHS is still refusing to meet with elected officials, sheriffs,

A reminder that this weekend is tax-free emergency supply weekend in Texas. Hurricane season begins in 37 days. Flood season is Jan 1-Dec 31. Never hurts to be prepared.