EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The historic Indian Lodge at Davis Mountains State Park has completed its extensive renovation project and is now open, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said.

Hike at the Davis Mountains Preserve . Owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy, this 33,000-acre tract preserves a sky island refuge and isolated mountain ranges that remain remote.

Fortunately, one of those landowners is the Nature Conservancy, which opens parts of its 33,075-acre Davis Mountains Preserve to the public on specified weekends during a normal year.

Violent volcanic activity formed the Davis Mountains 35 million years ago. Like the forested flanks of the Chisos Mountains, in Big Bend, this tree-studded alpine environment is part of what ...

Then there's Jeff Davis County, population 1,996, about 500 miles southwest of Dallas. Now a slice of that vast openness is up for sale, a mountain and winery included.