Terlingua MoonVolume 37, No. 22June 2, 2026 by FreeBird
“We have agreed not to drive our automobiles into cathedrals, concert halls,
art museums, legislative assemblies, private bedrooms and the other sanctums of
our culture. We should treat our
national parks with the same deference, for they, too, are holy places.” –
Edward Abbey
BREWSTER COUNTY
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING ‑‑ June 2, 2026, 9:30 AM at the
Brewster County Courthouse, Commissioners Courtroom. Special Commissioners Court agenda for June 2,
2026
REGULAR MEETING OF
THE BIG BEND REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT – June 2, 2026, 3 PM at Terlingua
Fire & EMS, 23250 FM 170. (See
attached agenda.)
TERLINGUA RANCH
PROPERTY OWNERS’ POTLUCK ‑‑ Please join your friends and neighbors at the
next monthly property owners’ potluck on Thursday, June 4, 6:00 pm, at the
Bunkhouse. Please bring a covered dish
to share. The ranch will provide plates,
cutlery, iced tea, and water. Call
Marilynn at 512.484.1409 if you have any questions.
NO WALL 79852 UPDATE ‑‑
Join our weekly family friendly Saturday protest at FM 170 and Hwy 118,
8:00 -10:00 AM or so. Most tourist to
the area are interested and supportive!
Dispelling rumors:
There are many misleading headlines stating that there will
be no border wall here. This is simply NOT true.
BREWSTER COUNTY SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING ‑‑ June 2, 2026, 9:30 AM at the Brewster County Courthouse, Commissioners Courtroom. Special Commissioners Court agenda for June 2, 2026
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BIG BEND REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT – June 2, 2026, 3 PM at Terlingua Fire & EMS, 23250 FM 170. (See attached agenda.)
TERLINGUA RANCH PROPERTY OWNERS’ POTLUCK ‑‑ Please join your friends and neighbors at the next monthly property owners’ potluck on Thursday, June 4, 6:00 pm, at the Bunkhouse. Please bring a covered dish to share. The ranch will provide plates, cutlery, iced tea, and water. Call Marilynn at 512.484.1409 if you have any questions.
NO WALL 79852 UPDATE ‑‑
Join our weekly family friendly Saturday protest at FM 170 and Hwy 118,
8:00 -10:00 AM or so. Most tourist to
the area are interested and supportive!
Dispelling rumors:
There are many misleading headlines stating that there will
be no border wall here. This is simply NOT true.
· There is a man camp being developed at the Pecan Grove Farm in Lobo, TX. https://bigbendsentinel.com/2026/04/29/pecan-farm-draws-the-ire-of-border-wall-opposition/
· At least 4 entities are requesting water well developments in Jeff Davis County. https://www.jeffdaviscounty.texas.gov/upload/template/22377/Jeff%20Davis%20County%20Underground%20Water%20Conservation%20District%20May%2026%202026.pdf
· Massive earth moving equipment is staged on Chispa Road. https://www.marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-05-01/border-wall-contractor-begins-moving-equipment-to-the-rio-grande
Please continue to call Governor Abbott (512) 463-1828
Markwayne Mullin (202) 282-8000 extension 6
Senator Cruz (202)
224-3121
Senator Cornyn (202) 224-3121
Check out water board meetings and county commissioners
meetings in Culberson, Jeff Davis, Terrell, and Brewster Counties.
No Big Bend Wall.org
is an excellent source of information. Follow
us on Facebook at No Wall 79852 for current updates. Things are changing quickly.
No Wall. No Wire. No Way.
SATURDAY COMMUNITY
MARKET – June 6, Set-up Donation Waived!
May just blew right by. June is already here, with this week being the
first Saturday of June, so no set-up fee for vendors this week, June 6. While the mobile library is taking the summer
off, the Saturday Community Market is staying open for the summer as we've got
it made in the shade down the little
hill in the Community Garden, a nice spot to visit in the Ghost Town and to set
up and sell your stuff!
Come see us at the Saturday Community Market, open from
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Located in the
Ghost Town, down in the Community Garden, we're here every Saturday with happy
vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.
Local art, handcrafted textile goods, fresh eggs, sourdough
bread, all natural lip balms and skin care products, all natural essential oil
fragrances, beard oil and massage oils, handcrafted, creative jewelry, resin
creations, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more ‑‑ you
never know just what or who you'll find here.
Flea market items are also welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already
existing items is smart and green. We
ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to
improve this space and experience for all of us.
We welcome new vendors. To make it easy for new vendors to try our
market and to show our appreciation to our regular vendors, we waive set-up
fees on the first Saturday of the month, offering free set-up on that day.
For more information, text or call 432.213.1863 or pop in at
the market for a chat. Prepared food
vendors must display current food handling license. (A quick, easy and affordable online course
can provide that).
Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for
all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We
look forward to seeing you there.
ESPRESSO … y POCO MAS
‑‑ Open at 7:30 AM, seven days a week for home cooked breakfasts, lunches and
the best coffee in the area. Located in
the Ghost Town, great seating with fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers. 432 371 3044 for to go orders.
ARE YOU READY TO
CATCH THE NEXT RAINFALL?
We can help - Call: TANKS A LOT TERLINGUA
Water Catchment Tanks, Pumps, Filters and Installation
Tax Exempt and Warranty
Locally owned - located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge.
Call Mark or Michelle: 432-371-3096 (home/office) or
806-781-7814 (cell)
TAQUERIA EL MILAGRO
‑‑ Authentic Mexican food and more in the Ghost Town. Serving Mexican recipes from street tacos to
steaks and huge side dishes. Great food,
great setting. BYOB. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 3 PM until
9 PM. 432-371-2060 for takeout via our
drive-through window.
NEED A MEDICARE
SUPPLEMENT?
Veteran Independent Insurance Agent, Michelle Chiles, is
coming out of retirement and ready to help.
Call or email for information and quotes:
mvmchouse@sbcglobal.net
806-781-4723 - cell
MILKY WAY TREATS ‑‑
ice cream trailer will be open this weekend, Saturday – Monday, 4–9 PM. We’ll have our creamy vanilla soft serve, and
the dairy-free mango. Check out our fun
sundaes and pints of homemade ice cream, too! Come get your favorite treat before we go on
vacation! Yes - it’s that time -‑‑ We’ll
be closed June 13-June 26, reopening Saturday, June 27. Gracias,
Terlingua!
KEEP BIG BEND WILD
The letter from almost all of the former BBNP
superintendents urging the DHS Secretary not to waive any laws inside the
National Park, organized by KEEP BIG BEND WILD and the Coalition to Protect
America’s National Parks (protectnps.org),
has been widely circulated on Capitol Hill. The letter and the issue it raised received
immediate attention – as we hoped -- by Politico Pro, which is read by almost
everyone in the government in DC.
Unfortunately, that
article is behind a firewall, making it difficult for the rest of us to
read it. But Sam Karas of our own Big
Bend Sentinel gave it outstanding coverage last week (Former
National Park superintendents ask DHS not to waive laws for border wall
construction). We are very grateful
for the great reporting that the Sentinel and Marfa Public Radio do for our
community.
We need to keep up the pressure and urge Secretary Mullin to
follow existing law and process – which are working here – and not waive all
the federal laws in the national park which would hold them accountable to
protect the nationally-significant resources and values of our national park,
“Texas’ Gift to the Nation.”
That pressure has been working, at least to some
degree. It appears increasingly unlikely
that an actual 30-foot steel wall will be constructed within the national park
and the Colorado Canyon portion of the state park. We also learned last week from Rep. Lloyd
Doggett’s office that CBP is saying they have no intention of lighting any
security infrastructure inside either park.
Yet it is also apparent that CBP feels the need to do
something significant in our parks, needed or not, wanted or not. After all, they have a $1.7 billion contract
to expend. We remain very concerned
about a possible new patrol road parallel to the river and south of the
existing River Road in the national park, and will continue to fight that.
Please learn more at keepbigbendwild.org, and
consider supporting Keep Big Bend Wild.
There's no more important time.
Donations are welcome (we're financially sponsored by the El Paso
Community Foundation, a 501c3), but we need you to allow us to list you as a
supporter even more – no need to donate.
Local business supporters are especially appreciated.
We're also looking for additional people to join our core
team (ie the board), especially from the Big Bend area. Contact bob.krumenaker@keepbigbendwild.org
to discuss.
ALL YOU NEED TO
ATTEND AN AA MEETING IS A DESIRE TO QUIT.
If you have, or think you might have, a drinking problem, we meet at
6:30 PM on Thursday at the Big Bend Church, just north of the post office.
BIG BEND EPISCOPAL
MISSION-OTRA VEZ THRIFT SHOP ‑‑ The Otra Vez Thrift Shop is now closed for
the summer. Thank you community members for your donations and support. Please
do not drop off any donations. We do not have a trash service and do not want
donations being ruined by weather or littered across our beautiful desert. We
will open back up in September and can accept donations at that time.
Send
your MOON news and submissions by Monday NOON for that week’s MOON. Email to terlinguamoon@gmail.com. Please no PDFs or fancy fonts! (We like it easy.) On the web at: theterlinguamoon.blogspot.com. For 37
years, THE source for news in South Brewster County. Updated every Tuesday (sometimes Monday).
Please continue to call Governor Abbott (512) 463-1828
Markwayne Mullin (202) 282-8000 extension 6
Senator Cruz (202)
224-3121
Senator Cornyn (202) 224-3121
Check out water board meetings and county commissioners
meetings in Culberson, Jeff Davis, Terrell, and Brewster Counties.
No Big Bend Wall.org
is an excellent source of information. Follow
us on Facebook at No Wall 79852 for current updates. Things are changing quickly.
No Wall. No Wire. No Way.
SATURDAY COMMUNITY
MARKET – June 6, Set-up Donation Waived!
May just blew right by. June is already here, with this week being the
first Saturday of June, so no set-up fee for vendors this week, June 6. While the mobile library is taking the summer
off, the Saturday Community Market is staying open for the summer as we've got
it made in the shade down the little
hill in the Community Garden, a nice spot to visit in the Ghost Town and to set
up and sell your stuff!
Come see us at the Saturday Community Market, open from
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Located in the
Ghost Town, down in the Community Garden, we're here every Saturday with happy
vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.
Local art, handcrafted textile goods, fresh eggs, sourdough
bread, all natural lip balms and skin care products, all natural essential oil
fragrances, beard oil and massage oils, handcrafted, creative jewelry, resin
creations, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more ‑‑ you
never know just what or who you'll find here.
Flea market items are also welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already
existing items is smart and green. We
ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to
improve this space and experience for all of us.
We welcome new vendors. To make it easy for new vendors to try our
market and to show our appreciation to our regular vendors, we waive set-up
fees on the first Saturday of the month, offering free set-up on that day.
For more information, text or call 432.213.1863 or pop in at the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling license. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that).
Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.
ESPRESSO … y POCO MAS
‑‑ Open at 7:30 AM, seven days a week for home cooked breakfasts, lunches and
the best coffee in the area. Located in
the Ghost Town, great seating with fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers. 432 371 3044 for to go orders.
ARE YOU READY TO
CATCH THE NEXT RAINFALL?
We can help - Call: TANKS A LOT TERLINGUA
Water Catchment Tanks, Pumps, Filters and Installation
Tax Exempt and Warranty
Locally owned - located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge.
Call Mark or Michelle: 432-371-3096 (home/office) or
806-781-7814 (cell)
TAQUERIA EL MILAGRO
‑‑ Authentic Mexican food and more in the Ghost Town. Serving Mexican recipes from street tacos to
steaks and huge side dishes. Great food,
great setting. BYOB. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 3 PM until
9 PM. 432-371-2060 for takeout via our
drive-through window.
NEED A MEDICARE
SUPPLEMENT?
Veteran Independent Insurance Agent, Michelle Chiles, is
coming out of retirement and ready to help.
Call or email for information and quotes:
mvmchouse@sbcglobal.net
806-781-4723 - cell
MILKY WAY TREATS ‑‑ ice cream trailer will be open this weekend, Saturday – Monday, 4–9 PM. We’ll have our creamy vanilla soft serve, and the dairy-free mango. Check out our fun sundaes and pints of homemade ice cream, too! Come get your favorite treat before we go on vacation! Yes - it’s that time -‑‑ We’ll be closed June 13-June 26, reopening Saturday, June 27. Gracias, Terlingua!
KEEP BIG BEND WILD
The letter from almost all of the former BBNP
superintendents urging the DHS Secretary not to waive any laws inside the
National Park, organized by KEEP BIG BEND WILD and the Coalition to Protect
America’s National Parks (protectnps.org),
has been widely circulated on Capitol Hill. The letter and the issue it raised received
immediate attention – as we hoped -- by Politico Pro, which is read by almost
everyone in the government in DC.
Unfortunately, that
article is behind a firewall, making it difficult for the rest of us to
read it. But Sam Karas of our own Big
Bend Sentinel gave it outstanding coverage last week (Former
National Park superintendents ask DHS not to waive laws for border wall
construction). We are very grateful
for the great reporting that the Sentinel and Marfa Public Radio do for our
community.
We need to keep up the pressure and urge Secretary Mullin to
follow existing law and process – which are working here – and not waive all
the federal laws in the national park which would hold them accountable to
protect the nationally-significant resources and values of our national park,
“Texas’ Gift to the Nation.”
That pressure has been working, at least to some
degree. It appears increasingly unlikely
that an actual 30-foot steel wall will be constructed within the national park
and the Colorado Canyon portion of the state park. We also learned last week from Rep. Lloyd
Doggett’s office that CBP is saying they have no intention of lighting any
security infrastructure inside either park.
Yet it is also apparent that CBP feels the need to do
something significant in our parks, needed or not, wanted or not. After all, they have a $1.7 billion contract
to expend. We remain very concerned
about a possible new patrol road parallel to the river and south of the
existing River Road in the national park, and will continue to fight that.
Please learn more at keepbigbendwild.org, and
consider supporting Keep Big Bend Wild.
There's no more important time.
Donations are welcome (we're financially sponsored by the El Paso
Community Foundation, a 501c3), but we need you to allow us to list you as a
supporter even more – no need to donate.
Local business supporters are especially appreciated.
We're also looking for additional people to join our core
team (ie the board), especially from the Big Bend area. Contact bob.krumenaker@keepbigbendwild.org
to discuss.
ALL YOU NEED TO ATTEND AN AA MEETING IS A DESIRE TO QUIT. If you have, or think you might have, a drinking problem, we meet at 6:30 PM on Thursday at the Big Bend Church, just north of the post office.
BIG BEND EPISCOPAL MISSION-OTRA VEZ THRIFT SHOP ‑‑ The Otra Vez Thrift Shop is now closed for the summer. Thank you community members for your donations and support. Please do not drop off any donations. We do not have a trash service and do not want donations being ruined by weather or littered across our beautiful desert. We will open back up in September and can accept donations at that time.
Send your MOON news and submissions by Monday NOON for that week’s MOON. Email to terlinguamoon@gmail.com. Please no PDFs or fancy fonts! (We like it easy.) On the web at: theterlinguamoon.blogspot.com. For 37 years, THE source for news in South Brewster County. Updated every Tuesday (sometimes Monday).
