Thank You!

Our Donors

The Big Bend Conservancy and Big Bend National Park would like to thank the following major donors to this project. Each donor contributed $5,000 or more to making this exhibit come alive for the public. We are grateful for their support and their assistance in making this project successful. If you would like to make a gift to ongoing education programs for the exhibit, click here.

Donors

  • Abell-Hanger Foundation

    Amon G. Carter Foundation

    BNSF Foundation

    Bob Boerner/Culligan Southwest

    Greg and Marcy Brazaitis

    The Brown Foundation

    Gene and Jan Fisseler

    Pam Hall and James Duerr

    Marilyn Cooper and Glenn Hebert

    Greg and Valynda Henington

    Robert and Joan Hicks

    Steve and Martha Hixon

    James Davidson Charitable Foundation

    Dennis and Jane Kearns

    The Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation 

    Don and Virginia Lewis

    M.S. Doss Foundation

    Bill and Celeste McEntire

    William and Nancy McGovern

    Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation

    Jim and Mary Lynn Murrell

    National Park Foundation

    Lori Palmer and Russ Jewert

    Permian Basin Area Foundation

    The Powell Foundation

    Dennis and Ruth Prescott

    David and Jan Redford

    Alec Rhodes

    Richard and Mary Ann Sawey

    Sheild-Ayres Foundation

    Ron and Charles Mary Sommers

    Sondra and Toby Eoff Charitable Fund

    Mark and Brenda Steuer

    Union Pacific Foundation

    John Walker

    Dixie and Elaine Watkins

    Willard Hendershott Estate

    George and Barbara Williams

  • Kenneth R. Barnes

    Gaston Design

    Lake Flato Architects

    Dr. Tom Lehman

    Vertebrate Paleontology Lab at the University of Texas

    Dixie Watkins

    Steve Wick

Final Thoughts

Additional thanks go to the holders of the Big Bend license plate, whose gifts paid for the initial site work, architectural drawings and geology wayside signage that compliments the exhibit.

Special appreciation goes to the Big Bend Conservancy Board of Directors 2010-2017 for their support, guidance and faith in taking this project from a drawing on paper to reality.