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The recent heat wave in the Southwest has taken its toll on visitors to the popular Horseshoe Bend Overlook. Since Saturday, June 18, National Park Service dispatch has received nearly a dozen calls for help from heat stressed visitors hiking to the site, a figure which does not include the numerous calls responded to by […]

Grand Canyon, Ariz. –Grand Canyon National Park is requesting that all visitors and residents on the South Rim of Grand Canyon begin instituting water conservation measures. A break in the Transcanyon Pipeline was identified today; in addition to the breakdown of one of the Indian Garden pipeline water pumps that provide water to the South

A team of National Park scuba divers partnered with community members in Fredonia, AZ, to teach the town’s children about water safety, while completing annual recertification training, June 14, 2016. The dive team conducted training in front of an audience of children ranging in age from six to 13, provided a water safety talk, and

Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA — Due to extremely hot and dry conditions, park management has closed 49 Palms Oasis to visitors. Hikers will be allowed approximately one-half mile on the trail before signage closes off the route into the oasis. Park wildlife ecologist Michael Vamstad said, “While we hesitate to close a popular hiking

Grand Canyon, Ariz. – Fifty-two year old Floyd E. Roberts III of Treasure Island, FL, remains missing in western Grand Canyon. Today’s responding resources include seven ground teams and the National Park Service (NPS) helicopter. Searchers from Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument and Mohave County are helping the Grand Canyon National Park Search and Rescue team. The

The presence of a California condor chick has been confirmed in the nest cave within Zion National Park, but the male parent (Condor 337) has died despite treatment for high levels of lead in his blood. https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/condorchick2016.htm Source:: Zion Condor Chick Confirmed, Yet Faces New Challenges       

Grand Canyon, Ariz. –On Saturday June, 18 at approximately 3 pm the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting a missing person in the extreme western portion of Grand Canyon National Park, near Kelly Tanks in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.

A houseboater on Lake Powell died June 9th after being electrocuted on his boat. https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/news/electrocution-fatality-at-lake-powell.htm Source:: Electrocution Fatality at Lake Powell       

The Wahweap fish cleaning station has reopened. https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/news/wahweap-fish-cleaning-station-open-june-2016.htm Source:: Wahweap Fish Cleaning Station Open June 2016       

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for parts of Grand Canyon National Park from Sunday, June 16 to Wednesday, June 22. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/excessive-heat.htm Source:: Another Excessive Heat Warning Issued for Parts of Grand Canyon National Park