This is the official National Park Service website for Big Bend National Park. Because this website is compiled by the National Park Service, every picture and line of text, unless specified otherwise, is part of the public domain and may be copied and reused legally and without limit.
Big Bend's website was created and maintained by Park Ranger Alisa Lynch from 1995 until 1999. Major updates, revisions, and continual site improvements (including the visitor photo gallery) were done by Park Ranger Tom VandenBerg from 1999 through 2003. Park Ranger Eric Leonard oversaw the website from 2004-2008 and saw it through a number of revisions to improve use and relevancy of content including a major overhaul in 2006 as part of an agency-wide improvement of park webpages.
Most articles were written by a number of current (and former) members of the Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Natural History Association staffs including: Tom Alex, Claudia Arnberger, Fred Bayler, Karen Boucher-Selleck, Bill Bourbon, Sarah Bourbon, Charlie Callagan, Dana Cannon, Kristina Coates, Don Corrick, Mark Flippo, Mark Herberger, Dan Leavitt, Denise Louie, Gary Luce, Janie Lundy, Alisa Lynch, Mary Kay Manning, Rick McIntyre, Dr. Wayne Moore, Valerie Naylor, Amy Newton, Carol Purchase, Mary Risser, Gus Sánchez, Jeff Selleck, Joe Sirotnak, Raymond Skiles, Carol Sperling, Rhonda Terry, Tom VandenBerg, and many others.
Photos by Brian Finn, Tom VandenBerg, Mike Marlett, Kenneth Ransom, Robin Solfisburg, Jerry & Juanette Willis, Marilyn Lynch, the National Park Service, and visitors like you.
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