The profound beauty and wild landscape of Texas’ Big Bend region has long inspired Texans, Americans, and visitors from across the world.

In February of 2026, the Department of Homeland Security issued waivers and contracts for the Big Bend sector, including plans for “smart wall” infrastructure in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.

“Smart wall” plans for the region include 30ft steel bollard walls or waterborne barriers (like buoys), detection technology, cameras and lighting and in some cases a secondary wall. (cbp.gov) This is one of the most remote stretches of the border, where harsh terrain already functions as a deterrent, and apprehensions make up less than 2% of all apprehensions in the U.S– despite the Big Bend Sector accounting for over 26% of the entire southern border.

A “smart wall” would industrialize public lands, cut locals off from their main economic driver, decrease private property values, endanger arid and riparian ecosystems, diminish protected dark skies, and destroy irreplaceable archaeological sites.

Our coalition consists of local business owners, archaeologists, lawyers, scientists, photojournalists, passionate land owners, ranchers, and more. Since February, our representatives have made trips to the Texas capitol and Washington D.C. We’ve garnered over 130,000 signatures on an online petition. We’ve been repeatedly effective at tracking developments and slowing down construction. We’ve built a legal strategy and defense fund for impacted landowners. And most of all, we’ve spent hundreds of hours fighting this wall from every angle we can, often at great personal expense. We want to keep fighting.

This is where we need your help – join our fight. Your donation helps support No Big Bend Wall operations and outreach.

Help us save Big Bend.