• Santa Elena Canyon

    Rio Grande

    Wild & Scenic River Texas

Management

Patrolling the Rio Grande
Patrolling the Rio Grande
NPS\Big Bend National Park
 

The Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River is managed as a unit of the national park system by Big Bend National Park. To learn more about how these two parks are operated, please visit the Big Bend National Park management pages.

 

Mission Statement
The National Park Service at the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, through cooperative management, preserves and protects the free-flowing state and the natural, cultural, and scenic conditions of the river and its immediate environment for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.

 

Park Planning
The General Management Plan charts the course of park planning for the future.
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (August 2004)

 
Legislation
Enabling Legislation [232kb PDF file]
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968) [107kb PDF file]
 

Visit Use Statistics
The wild & scenic river is an excellent place for solitude.

Year
 Total Visits (recreational use)
2006 135
2005 319
2004 588
2003 656
2002 939
2001 1,086
2000 909
1999 678
1998 462
1997 489
1996 498
1995 493
1994 693
1993 470

Did You Know?

Boquillas Canyon

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.” More...