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Trump border wall building bulldozes into national park

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Contractors building President Donald Trump's southwest border wall are bulldozing portions of Big Bend National Park in Texas, sparking fresh outrage from longtime area residents and environmental groups.

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  1. Bismarck Tribune

    Bulldozers roll into national park to build Trump border wall (opens Bismarck Tribune)

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    Bismarck Tribune's feed description

    Residents are dissatisfied with assurances that not all of the park will get a wall, and argue road construction is an environmental catastrophe.

  2. Fox26 Houston

    Bulldozers begin work on border security project in Big Bend National Park (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Bulldozers began moving earth in Big Bend National Park to lay the groundwork for a network and border security measures, despite bipartisan opposition to the plan. Customs and Border Protection officials are only planning detection technology and patrol roads along the southern border of the park.

  3. Texas Monthly

    Photos: Construction Begins in Big Bend National Park (opens Texas Monthly)

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    Texas Monthly's feed description

    After months of speculation, bulldozers and construction crews arrived in the park and began clearing land adjacent to the border.

  4. KTVZ Bend

    Bulldozers rip into Big Bend National Park, driving anger and heartbreak (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Rachel Clarke, CNN Big Bend National Park, Texas (CNN) — The towering cliffs, jagged mountain tops, and punishing desert climate of the Big Bend region in Texas have long proved to be the best barrier the United States could have with Mexico.

  5. NPR

    At Big Bend National Park, bulldozers begin clearing pristine desert land for border barrier work (opens NPR)

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    A coalition of landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and business owners that say any work in Big Bend National Park would forever change the place often called "Texas' gift to the nation."

  6. The Guardian

    ‘Devastating’: bulldozers plough through Big Bend national park as Trump’s border work pushes ahead (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Heavy machinery seen operating in famous Santa Elena Canyon amid outcry over new wall infrastructure in beloved Texas park Bulldozers have begun plowing up ground at the mouth of Big Bend national park’s famed Santa Elena Canyon as part of the Trump administration’s multibillion-dollar “smart wall” …

  7. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Border wall project in park draws protests (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Contractors building President Donald Trump's southwest border wall are bulldozing portions of Big Bend National Park in Texas, sparking fresh outrage from longtime area residents and environmental groups.

  8. Omaha World-Herald

    Trump border wall building bulldozes into national park (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Contractors building President Donald Trump's southwest border wall are bulldozing portions of Big Bend National Park in Texas, sparking fresh outrage from longtime area residents and environmental groups.

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