Pipeline Protests Move to Big Bend from North Dakota.

What’s the Trans Pecos Pipeline?  A West Texas pipeline that will deliver natural gas to Mexico & the pipeline cost will be paid by Mexico so it can power electricty plants

What characteristics of the Trans Pecos pipeline that draw parallels with the Dakota Pipeline protest?

• Landowners talk about court awards in the millions that they won but that are unpaid.
  • The pipeline is appealing the awards.
• Native Americans are getting involved to protest in Texas
• The Texas land includes some of the last legacy ranch land in the US
• The Trans Pecos goes through Big Bend Park

What do I need to know about the protest camps?

• Started forming in mid-December
• 3 Camps.
  • 1 near Alpine
  • #2 camp near the ghost town of Casa Piedra called Two Rivers Camp
  • #3 camp near Toyahvale, near the Balmorhea State Park & its water springs
• spearheaded by Big Bend Defense Coalition, an environmental advocacy group
• The Society of Native Nations, a group based in San Antonio & key to the North Dakota protests, is involved

Fronteras | Dakota Pipeline Standoff Echoes In Texas: Mexico Still Counting On US Natural Gas

Ft Worth Star Telegram | Protesters opening camps to protest West Texas drilling and pipeline