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- Title
Park Lands and Politics on the West Texas/Mexico Border.
- Authors
Levitt, Emily
- Abstract
A significant portion of the Big Bend is protected. In some ways, the land is unified as protected space, but in other ways it is divided, both by the international border running through it and by the individual boundaries of each parcel of land, each of which is managed differently. The Mexican land is protected through government and private projects which encourage the private landowners to conserve their land, while the American land is protected through direct purchase by the government. This difference reflects hundreds, even thousands, of years worth of different histories and cultures playing out in the Big Bend.
- Subjects
BIG Bend National Park (Tex.); BIG Bend (Tex.); TEXAS; MEXICO; CONSERVATION of natural resources; GEOGRAPHIC boundaries; CONSERVATION of natural resources -- Government policy; LAND tenure; WILDERNESS areas; NATIONAL parks &; reserves
- Publication
Journal of Big Bend Studies, 2009, Vol 21, p219
- ISSN
1058-4617
- Publication type
Article