Posts Tagged bi-nationalism
Reopening of Boquillas step toward international park
July 14th, 2011
By BENJAMIN WERMUND
BOQUILLAS – The informal border crossing at Boquillas, set to reopen next spring, will help bi-national preservation efforts along the Rio Grande in more ways than one, experts say.
Until the crossing in Big Bend National Park was closed in the wake of 9/11, American tourists who crossed the Rio Grande into Boquillas provided …
Big Bend region benefits from bi-national support
July 14th, 2011
By BENJAMIN WERMUND
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK – Only a handful of endangered black bears roamed Big Bend National Park just more than 20 years ago.
The park’s population — now relatively stable at about 20 bears — was founded in the late 1980s when a female found her way across the Rio Grande from Mexico and into …
