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Hannah Gentiles/Marfa Public RadioThe administration is once again bypassing federal environmental laws to speed up construction on border barriers and related infrastructure – this time for a project in Big Bend National Park and a nearby state park. Six former national park superintendents recently urged the administration to not take that step. -
Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via APTwo more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that potentially could devastate the nation’s cattle industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the new cases were found in a calf and a dog, hundreds of miles apart.
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Scaled quail – also known as blue quail and “cottontops” – are quintessential creatures of the arid grasslands and the dominant quail species in West Texas. Researchers at Alpine’s Borderlands Research Institute are learing how adaptable these seemingly vulnerable creatures are. -
The detection marks the first U.S. case of New World screwworm since the parasite was eradicated in the 1960s. -
The cancellation comes as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, prepares for a November showdown against Democrat James Talarico. -
The El Paso tent camp has seen at least three detainee deaths, a measles outbreak and nearly 50 detention standards violations in less than a year of operation.
