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Venture into the heart of Joshua Tree National Park this weekend and visit the historic Keys Ranch homestead. https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/news/keys-ranch-weekend.htm Source:: Joshua Tree National Park Announces Keys Ranch Weekend       

Joshua Tree Artist-in- Residence, Rebecca Reeve, will be giving a presentation of her work on Friday, June 17, at 9 pm in the Black Rock Nature Center. The evening will include an overview of the artist’s work which includes photos made within various national parks as well her works in Cuba over the last decade.

A pavement resurfacing and repair work project is scheduled for this summer at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hoveweep and Natural Bridges national monuments. Work will begin at Arches National Park and the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park the week of June 20, then progress to the Needles district of Canyonlands and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments

A pavement resurfacing and repair work project is scheduled for this summer at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hoveweep and Natural Bridges national monuments. https://www.nps.gov/arch/learn/news/news061316.htm Source:: Road Work to Begin in Southeast Utah Group National Parks       

As summer temperatures rise in Death Valley National Park, the hottest place on Earth, risks of traveling away from the park’s commonly visited areas increase. Park rangers responded recently to three major incidents in remote areas of the park. High temperatures, lack of ability to call for help in case of an emergency, and long

Yesterday, National Park Service (NPS) fire managers successfully treated 994 acres with prescribed (Rx) fire on the South Rim of Grand Canyon. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/shoshone-rx-success.htm Source:: Nearly 1000 Acres Successfully Treated with Prescribed Fire on Grand Canyon’s South Rim       

A demonstration ride is scheduled for August 1, 2016 as part of Tour’s Stage 1 https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/tourutahzion.htm Source:: Tour of Utah Cycling Through Zion National Park       

Longtime Twentynine Palms resident, desert advocate, and former Joshua Tree National Park ranger, turns 100 years old this month. Susan Luckie Reilly was born in 1916, the same year the National Park Service was founded. In 1965, Reilly donned the green and grey of the NPS and worked as a seasonal, ranger-naturalist for what was

More than 50 Boy Scouts and Scout Leaders converged on Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, June 2, 2016, to tackle one of the parks biggest preservation challenges –graffiti. Troop 154, Miramar Ward, Citrus Heights Stake, based in Mesa, AZ, volunteered to remove graffiti carved into the red rocks of Glen Canyon as part of a

National Park Service fire managers anticipate initiating a prescribed fire near Shoshone Point Thursday, June 9 as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/shoshone-prescribed-fire-june-9.htm Source:: Fire Managers Plan Prescribed Fire Treatment Near Shoshone Point Thursday, June 9