Held each year on the first full weekend in December, La Fiesta de Tumacácori will be on Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, 2009, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
In recognition and celebration of the many cultures that were historically and are presently associated with the Santa Cruz Valley, the Tumacácori Fiesta presents the traditional [...]

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Grand Canyon, Ariz. — Construction on Phase I of the improvements called for in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan (Transportation Plan) is nearing completion; and the new parking areas at Grand Canyon Visitor Center (Visitor Center) are expected to open in time for Thanksgiving.
In late April 2009, construction began on Phase [...]

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November 14 – Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
Lava Dams on the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers
Evening Slide Presentation Series. 7 pm. Presented by Wendell Duffield, USGS & NAU. Volcanoes are notorious for building dams across rivers that get in their way. Northern Arizona has been a hotbed of this kind of no-bid construction. Eruptions in [...]

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LIVE & (sort of) on the LOOSE! A Look at Venomous Reptiles of the Southwest
This live animal presentation is offered daily by the staff of the Herpetology department. These 1-hour long programs take place every day in our new Warden Oasis Theater at 12:15 p.m. except during other special events.  Though the museum has a [...]

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Governors, park rangers, cave experts, geologists, construction crews, bat biologists, legislators, and local leaders assisted in an eleven-year effort to open Kartchner Caverns State Park. Since then the cave has been listed as one of the top ten caves in the world because of the stunning array of delicate calcite formations found in the depths [...]

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Effective November 1, 2009, the National Park Service will implement winter season hours of operation for mandatory mussel interdiction services at Lake Powell. These temporary changes to mussel interdiction services are being made to accommodate the seasonal reductions in visitation and park staffing.

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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on Saturday, October 17, will host the Powell 3 Triathlon. This is the third year Glen Canyon has hosted the swim-bike-run endurance competition.
The triathlon will take place in the Wahweap Marina area from approximately 8:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. Saturday and will result in detoured traffic and area closures as [...]

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Grand Canyon, Ariz. — Grand Canyon National Park staff will soon begin the regular seasonal closure of many visitor services and facilities on the North Rim. However, the rim will remain open with limited services through November 29 or until snow closes Highway 67 leading into the park. Park visitors will no longer be able [...]

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The changes in parks operations are:
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park will be open on weekends until the lodge is completed and then will be open on five-day week schedules.
Homolovi Ruins State Park will be open for day-use Thursdays to Mondays only and the campground will be closed beginning October 1, 2009.
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park [...]

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Oracle State Park: Center for Environmental Education (Closed; except for school programs & special events)
As of October 1, 2009: Oracle State Park is CLOSED to the public for day-use due to budget reductions; open only by reservation for school programs, and for special events. In order deal with a 26% reduction in the in the [...]

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