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Running the Las Palmas Rapids
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The Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River is administered by Big Bend National Park. Read the park newspaper, The Big Bend Paisano, for basic planning information to the area.

Take a look at our news releases to see what's happening in the Big Bend of the Rio Grande.
 What's the weather?
Big Bend National Park Daily Report
includes current river levels from Presidio to Dryden
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Did You Know?
M.T. Chandler of the 1852 Boundary Survey expedition referred to the river canyons and terrain adjacent to the present Rio Grande Wild & Scenic in the following manner, “The survey... embrac[ed] a section of country which for ruggedness and wildness of scenery is perhaps unparalleled.”
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Last Updated: September 22, 2006 at 09:10 EST