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Missing Campers in Death Valley
APRIL 9, 2021 - Update from Inyo County Sheriff’s Office: The two missing individuals: 32-year-old Alexander Lofgren, and 27-year-old Emily Henkel, both from Tucson, AZ, were located today shortly after noon. They were spotted through aerial reconnaissance in a very...
Mesa Verde National Park Certified as 100th International Dark Sky Park
April 8, 2021 - MESA VERDE, CO – The National Park Service and the International Dark-Sky Association are pleased to announce Mesa Verde National Park as the 100th International Dark Sky Park. This certification recognizes the exceptional quality of the park’s night...
Grand Canyon Re-Opens East Gate
Grand Canyon, AZ - Beginning April 8, 2021, visitors traveling to Grand Canyon National Park will be able to enter the park through the East Entrance at Desert View. Park officials, working with tribal and state officials, stakeholders and community...
Fuel Service Restored at Dangling Rope Marina
April 7, 2021 - Lake Powell boaters are advised that boat fuel is again available on Lake Powell at the Dangling Rope Marina, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Electrical service has been restored; however, payments are cash only until internet and phones services are...
NY Times features DesertUSA
A wildflower bloom near Hemet in 2017. David McNew/Getty Images By Priya Arora Good morning. With spring in full swing, and the idyllic super blooms like the ones that took place in 2017 still in people’s minds, you may be wondering how the state’s wildflowers will...
Grand Canyon Announces Temporary Closures Along the Bright Angel Trail and Silver Bridge near Phantom Ranch
April 8, 2021 - Grand Canyon, AZ - Beginning April 13 and continuing until May 7, 2021, visitors hiking along the Bright Angel trail near Phantom Ranch will experience a closure of the Silver Bridge, which crosses the Colorado River near Phantom Ranch. The closure...
Bridge and Tunnel Construction Starting April 2021 at Zion National Park
March 30, 2021 - SPRINGDALE, UT – Construction for the bridge and tunnel preservation project will begin on the night of April 4, 2021 with anticipated completion on August 28, 2021. In 2017, bridges and tunnels along the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway were inspected and...
California State Parks Invites Public to Virtually Commemorate the Contributions of César Chávez to Borrego Springs
Four Interpretive Panels will be Unveiled at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on César Chávez Day SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California State Parks invites the public to virtually commemorate the contributions of prominent civil rights, union and farm labor leader César Chávez...
California Condors Will Take Flight in Pacific Northwest
March 23, 2021 - For the first time in 100 years, the endangered California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest. Once on the brink of extinction, this iconic species has made significant steps towards recovery. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,...
Desert Road Trippin’
Desert X 2021 Outdoor Art Installation March 12-May, 16 2021
Desert X 2021 will consider the desert as both a place and idea. Projects will explore issues essential to our collective future and the histories, realities, and possibilities of the Coachella Valley and its many communities through themes of land rights and...
Lara’s Lane
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It’s a Lensbaby, Baby
I have to admit it, I love my Lensbaby. I know it is probably not logical to “love” an inanimate object, so I suppose I should qualify my original statement. I love what my Lensbaby can do and how it affects an image and yes, how it inspires me. After taking several...
- Find Bigfoot at Coral Pink Sand Dunes
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Reopens Island Camping for Summer 2021
- State Parks Launches New Virtual Programs to Prevent Drownings on California�s Waterways
- Historic Cape Lookout Lighthouse Closed Out of Concern for Public Safety
- Denali to Conduct Debris Pile Burn in the Park Entrance Area (April 2021)
- Commemoration of the 156th Anniversary of the Surrender and Freedom Day, April 8-12, 2021
- Teton Park Road open to non-motorized recreation
- National Park Service releases Sediment Management Framework Final Environmental Impact Statement for Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Popular lava tube reopens in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
- Fremont Indian & Goosenecks State Parks Receive International Dark Sky Park Designations
- Park to Reopen Birthplace Visitor Center after Fire Suppression System Install
- Park and Keep Sevier Beautiful Invite the Public to the ‘Gateway to the Smokies Cleanup’ on the Spur
- Park Invites Visitors to the Storybook Trail