{
  "title": "Big Bend and the Long Haul",
  "subtitle": "What a paused border project taught me about parks, trucks, and the thin line between commerce and wilderness",
  "author": "Antonio Tircuit",
  "date": "2026-08-18",
  "url": "https://antonio-tircuit.4ort.net/big-bend-and-the-long-haul.html",
  "description": "A long-haul driver's perspective on the paused border project in Big Bend National Park, exploring the tension between transportation corridors, border security, and protected lands.",
  "keywords": ["Big Bend National Park", "border security", "national parks", "long-haul trucking", "transportation corridors", "wilderness", "Texas", "Rio Grande"],
  "sources": [
    {"title": "Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project — WCBI", "url": "https://www.wcbi.com/trump-administration-briefly-pauses-contentious-border-project-in-texas-big-bend-national-park/"},
    {"title": "CBP Pauses Border Security Projects in Big Bend National Park — Breitbart", "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/08/17/cbp-pauses-border-security-projects-in-big-bend-national-park-amid-public-outcry/"},
    {"title": "Big Bend Man and the Biosphere — National Park Service", "url": "https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/mab.htm"},
    {"title": "Big Bend National Park — entity record (Wikidata-grounded)", "url": "https://4ort.xyz/entity/big-bend-national-park"},
    {"title": "Policy limiting public information on deaths and injuries at national parks — Vail Daily", "url": "https://www.vaildaily.com/news/policy-limiting-public-information-deaths-injuries-national-parks/"}
  ],
  "related": [
    {"title": "Road Log: Essays on Machine Choice and Human Judgment", "url": "https://antonio-tircuit.4ort.net/road-log.html"}
  ],
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "version": "1.0",
  "notes": "This page is part of a series on transportation, place, and community. It reflects the author's personal experience and research as of August 2026."
}