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WASHINGTON – The National Park Service turns 100 years old in 2016 and wants everyone to celebrate! All national parks, including Joshua Tree National Park will waive entrance fees on 16 special days in 2016.

The 26th season of the Trash Tracker program successfully completed 25 trips in 2015. Trash Tracker volunteers worked 2,640 hours and picked up 36,239 pounds of trash along 676 miles of Lake Powell shoreline https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/news/trash-trackers-make-a-difference.htm Source:: Trash Trackers Make a Difference       

Glen Canyon grant funds are being used towards providing transportation by boat for approximately 200 local fourth grade students through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to visit Rainbow Bridge National Monument. https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/news/transportation-grant-from-the-national-park-foundation.htm Source:: Transportation Grant from the National Park Foundation       

Grand Canyon, Ariz. –The Arizona Department of Transportation has closed State Route 67 between Jacob Lake and the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The North Rim is now closed to vehicle traffic for the winter. State Route 67 and all services on the North Rim are expected to re-open for the 2016 season on

Forty-five National Park Service staff members from various parks reported for duty today at Death Valley to renew cleanup and repair efforts after a series of rainstorms caused repeated flash flooding, resulting in one of the greatest and costliest storms in park history. https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/flood-recovery.htm Source:: Death Valley renews flood recovery efforts       

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge are looking for birders of all skills for the 2015 Christmas Bird Count. https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/news/christmas-bird-count-2015.htm Source:: Christmas Bird Count 2015       

Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA—Park dispatch received a visitor report at 8:10 pm, Saturday, November 28, 2015, of a Joshua tree burning on the roadside within Joshua Tree National Park. Park law enforcement, an engine from San Bernardino Fire, and the National Park Service/Bureau of Land Management Fire Management Officer responded.

The Desert Sun reported today that “The velvety grass familiar in Coachella Valley winters will soon be sprouting up in all the familiar areas in Palm Springs, like the lawns fronting the airport and the Village Green.” Due to extremely effective water conservation the city surpassed the quota for reducing water usage to such a degree

As the 2015 boating season comes to an end, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area would like to remind boaters to help stop the spread of Quagga Mussels. When removing boats from Lake Powell be sure to clean, drain, and allow boats and equipment to dry. Vessels slipped or moored at Lake Powell may require decontamination

The National Park Service (NPS) announced today another opportunity for the public to weigh in on revisions to Grand Canyon National Park’s Backcountry Management Plan (BMP). https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/backcountry-plan-draft-eis.htm Source:: National Park Service Seeks Public Input on a Backcountry Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Grand Canyon National Park