On a scorching May afternoon, Dell Dickinson was wearing creased jeans, a faded button-down, and a cowboy hat and boots. He kept a nine-millimeter Beretta in a holster on his hip. “I’m not trying to ...

From high on a ridge, the Devils River unfurls like a teal-colored ribbon. I plop down on a slab of limestone, wipe a little blood from my shin and try to soak it all in. I can’t. I’ve seen this river ...

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, take a trip down the Devils River. You are not welcome there. If you so much as set your big toe on the river’s privately owned banks, you are likely to be arrested, ...

Texas this week might see the addition to its parks system of more than 27 square miles of ruggedly beautiful land bordering the lower reaches of the Devils River, arguably the state's most pristine ...

Not long ago, a couple showed up at Devils River State Natural Area, a remote park in Southwest Texas best known for the ribbon of turquoise-colored water that twists through its heart. Rangers ...