08/18/2026
A pause is not the same thing as stopping.
For now, border wall construction in the Big Bend is on hold while officials “take a closer look at the plans”. But the threat to this landscape has not gone away—and neither should our opposition.
The Big Bend is one of the last truly wild places in Texas. It is home to wildlife corridors, fragile desert and river habitats, archaeological sites, dark skies, public lands, and communities whose livelihoods depend on this landscape remaining intact. A permanent wall would fundamentally change all of that.
And for what? The Big Bend Sector accounts for less than 2% of annual apprehensions, while billions of taxpayer dollars have already been committed to wall construction in the region.
We believe there are better ways to protect our border without destroying the very place we are trying to protect.
The wall may be paused. Our voices are not.
The Marathon Motel & RV Park stands with our neighbors and the broader No Big Bend Wall coalition in saying: Protect Big Bend. Visit No Big Bend Wall or www.nobigbendwall.org to find ways to help and to stay informed.
📸: Photo from our very own Danny Self at the No Big Bend Wall protest last week, one day before bulldozers arrived at this exact spot and began work.
