About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a proposed border wall along Big Bend National Park with guest Bob Krumenaker.

Big Bend National Park lately has drawn a lot of national attention, and not in a good way. Recently the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced that it wanted to build some sort of border wall along all or part of the 118 miles of border the national park shares with Mexico. Is that a good idea? Will it adversely impact the park? Can it even be done? To discuss those and other questions, our guest today is Bob Krumenaker, whose long Park Service career included a stint as Big Bend's superintendent. Bob also is chair of the Keep Big Bend Wild organization that is pushing to see a large portion of the park designated as official wilderness.

People in this episode

Host: Kurt Repanshek

Guest: Bob Krumenaker

Topics covered

• border wall
• Big Bend National Park
• environmental impact
• wilderness designation
• U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

Keywords

• Big Bend
• border wall
• national park
• environment
• wilderness
• Bob Krumenaker
• U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Keep Big Bend Wild

Places: Big Bend National Park, Mexico, U.S.

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