Big Bend National Park
In which Moominmama observes Texans' fight to stop Trump's wall within their national park... Signage to "Stop the Wall" is visible miles before entering Big Bend National Park, and Moominmama was fortunate to witness one of the protests while visiting the park -- including a flotilla and gathering on the banks of the Rio Grande at Santa Elena Canyon. While Homeland Security has allegedly changed its mind about running a wall through the Rio Grande canyons inside the park, there's still enough federal activity that Texans don't trust that Trump is backing off. Even if the government changes its plan to build a 30-foot physical wall in favor of a "technological" barrier involving motion detectors, one Texan told me this would still involve razor wire and flood lights affecting the many animals seek out water under cover of darkness. Other locals report federal officials are still trying to get access to land in and near the Rio Grande and threaten...