¡Vive La Yucca! Yucca Nation: part 2. His Yuccaness, Tommy Moore, at “Yucca Nation Day” in the Terlingua Ghost Town, April 1. In support of Terlinguan Charlie Fulcher, currently in Houston undergoing medical treatment, friends gathered, dressed as yuccas, for a group portrait to be sent to Charlie, self-ordained minister of the Yucca Church born in Terlingua in the 1980’s. by Crystal Allbright    more »

Started sometime in the past few decades, the “Run for Stupidity,” (better known as “the Stupid Race”) lures the fit and the un-fit onto a 12-mile-or-so course through the heart of Terlingua: up hills, over cliffs, down pouroffs, through washes, across sand and gravel and salt pan and dog cholla. For fun. by Marlys Hersey    more »

Boren has written something, albeit targeting those of a certain age, that seems almost effortless in its complete success. He may have struggled with the dialogue in the privacy of his own home, but no hesitancy, no trepidation has survived to mar the script. by Andy Byrnes    more »

Entities were on the move the second weekend in October. Tarantulas cross the road, butterflies dart from flower to flower, and vultures wait for that first cold front. And those of us in the Texas Master Naturalist class cover ground in Big Bend National Park and Alpine. by Crystal Allbright    more »

Three primary issues we face today were outlined by Dr. Robert Kincuan, Sul Ross State University Dean of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences: water: more needs than resources; land: urbanization and land fragmentation, and epidemics: invasive plants and animals. by Crystal Allbright    more »

“‘Look for the running pebbles,’ advises John Karges as the Mountain Short Horned Lizard darts from under our feet. With a puffed body and curled legs, this creature continues its rock camouflage when threatened.” by Crystal Allbright    more »

An essay about sleeping with conenose bugs. by Crystal Allbright    more »