Press Releases

CBBS Conference Blends History, Archaeology of Big Bend Region

The Sul Ross Skyline, November 13, 2008

For 15 years, the annual Center for Big Bend Studies (CBBS) Conference has expanded the knowledge base of history, culture and archaeology of the Trans Pecos Region of Texas and Mexico.

Over 150 persons attended this year’s conference, held Friday-Saturday (Nov. 7-8) at Sul Ross […]

CBBS Hosts Fundraiser

CBBS Press Release, September 18, 2009

The Center for Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross State University hosted “An Afternoon of Archaeology” at the MacGuire Ranch Sept. 12.

The event was a fundraiser to benefit the Center’s Trans-Pecos Archaeological Program (TAP). The program is a large-scale effort to compile the archaeology of […]

CBBS Announces Groundwater Talk

Groundwater War! Law, Politics, and the Texas Rule of Capture

CBBS Press Release, January 21, 2010

ALPINE, TX — Groundwater provides more than sixty percent of Texas’ water needs. Unlike surface water, which can be managed for the general public interest through applicable laws, groundwater is controlled by the controversial “rule of […]

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