Stop the construction of the wall in Big Bend Ranch State Park & Big Bend National Park!
Join us in sending a clear message to decision-makers: Protect West Texas. Preserve Big Bend Ranch State Park and Big Bend National Park. Sign this petition to oppose the construction of the wall and stand for the future of our environment, wildlife, and local communities.
Stop the construction of the "smart" wall in the Big Bend Sector, Big Bend National Park
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Recent signers: Katie Wach, Karen Whitley, Bailey Meadows, Dwayne House, Rene Collin
What Supporters Are Saying
10 recent comments
“No more walls. No more data centers.”
— Caleb Tribble
“America’s biodiversity and nature is what really makes this land great! The border wall should not be allowed to be built in Big Bend national park. Besides, the national park already serves as a natu...”
— Ramzi Bell
“Yet another case of human arrogance in this region. Over the past few thousand years the Big Bend has not needed help to defeat any and all attempts to tame it, and this attempt will eventually be add...”
— Phil Shipp
“Nature good! Wall bad!”
— Maisy Bennwood
“The data do not support a border security problem of dimensions that even remotely justify walls, vehicle barriers, new roads, or security lights in Big Bend. Big Bend is an extraordinary and beautif...”
— William Gibson
“I lived and worked in Big Bend National Park. It is an extreme, hostile, unforgiving landscape. Attempts to cross it undetected are unlikely to succeed. In fact the park rangers there told me that the...”
— Matthew Togger
“I made sure to come because I heard the wall may happen. It sickens me to see possibly destruction in the state and national park for an unneeded walk through them. Even added roads and equipment in g...”
— Heather Bell
“We can’t let them cut off animals from getting place to place, the wall isn’t friendly to our animal neighbors.”
— Ben Smith
“Clearly a wall in the Big Bend area is a waste of taxpayer money; low illegal crossings in the area already - duh! Rescind the contractor awards, continue boarder enforcement where needed and let comm...”
— Joe Aho
“I intend that Big Bend is protected from the kind of destruction we saw at Organ Pipe National Monument and other wilderness areas along the border. It's time to be done with this hubris and foll...”
— Rachael Denny