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Navajo National Monument News Release Release date: Contact(s): Phone number: Date: Release code: Immediate Lola Henio 928-672-2720 August 16, 2011 NPS Subject here EMERGENCY PARTIAL PARK CLOSURE Navajo National Monument— Acting Superintendent Lloyd Masayumptewa just announced that Navajo Tribe Utility Authority (NTUA) will be in the park today, August 16, 2011, to replace an existing [...]
Hatch Valley Chile Festival Sept. 3rd & 4th, 2011 Hatch Valley, NM Every year as the temperatures start to cool down Hatch Valley starts to heat up with the annual Hatch Valley Chile Festival. The Festival is a 2-day event that is scheduled over Labor Day weekend. More than 30,000 visitors from across the U.S. [...]
August. 11th – 13th, 2011 Bullhead City Community Park to Rotary Park Float down the Colorado River with a about 15,000 pirates! The annual River Regatta is a great way to celebrate the heat of summer by plunging into the cool blue waters of the Colorado River. The Bullhead City River Regatta takes the participating [...]
Search and Rescue Missions With Happy Endings A forum on DesertUSA.com Originally posted on the DesertUSA Forums by sardude on Aug. 02, 2011. With the summer temps upon us, Pinal County SAR has been reasonably quiet. We have had some days with the heat index approaching 120 degrees. Sunday June 26, callout 2030. 28 year [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA – On July 16, 2011, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will passed the halfway mark in its seven-year self-transformation when it opens its all-new, 14,000- sqaure-foot Dinosaur Hall. Twice the size of the Museum’s previous dinosaur exhibits, the Dinosaur Hall will feature more than 300 fossils, 20 full-body specimens, [...]
Check it out! Turns out this is the first photograph of this animal taken in Saguaro National Park with motion sensor cameras. Very few have even been seen in the Rincon Mountains. We knew they were there and here is some proof. Do you know what it is ? Badger Here are some more Bobcat [...]
Hunters, anglers, wildlife watchers and other outdoor recreationists will undoubtedly have questions about what impact the fires will have on wildlife, hunting, fishing and outdoor recreational opportunities in those areas. The information below will help answer some of your questions. Wildlife It is important to note that habitats in these areas and their associated wildlife [...]
The Friends of Roper Lake State Park are proud to kick off of a series of events to be held at Roper Lake State Park. The first event will be June 25th in the evening with a “Look to the Skies’ program, given by John Ratje, the site manager of Mount Graham International Observatory. Program is geared [...]
Utah has a new video on fishing in Lake Powell. New on Lake Powell Summer 2011! The Floating Visitor Center be on your favorite beach? Look for the boat and the Park Rangers on special weekends. In response to the continued and growing threat of the introduction of quagga and zebra mussels at [...]
Lake Pleasant Regional Park Maricopa County, Arizona by Lee Allen (updated May 2011 by DesertUSA.com) Located in the desert scrub brush country just 30 miles north of metropolitan Phoenix, Lake Pleasant – the core of Lake Pleasant Regional Park – has become the most popular outdoor recreation spot in Arizona. It is often filled to [...]
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