Does Big Bend Have Wild Horses?

While ranching used to be common across this region, the horses in Big Bend are not wild, and their presence strains an already delicate environment. What animals do you see in Big Bend? Nocturnal desert animals include the kit fox, ringtail, bobcat, kangaroo rat, and more than a dozen species Read more…

Who Owned Horse Island?

For some years, the island was owned by Gert Kölbel, a wealthy German (inventor of the Bullworker), who renovated a few of the buildings in the 1980s. It was sold to financier Adrian Fitzgibbon and wife Deborah in 2007. Who owns Horse island? Yale UniversityHorse Island, at 17 acres (69,000 Read more…