Chisos Basin, in Big Bend National Park, was scheduled to close in August for a construction project expected to take about 2 years to complete. That project is now set to begin in May of 2026 while the park addresses a new issue.
For the first time in decades, a new plant genus and species has been discovered in a national park, Big Bend National Park to be specific. It's been confirmed as a member of the sunflower family but it looks NOTHING like a sunflower.
It should come as no surprise that in a state as large as Texas - it could boast one of the best national parks in the country... and turns out, it does!