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Death Valley National Park will offer free entrance on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 for National Public Lands Day. The 22nd annual event encourages everyone to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors, wherever they may be. Many local events in communities nationwide will be available for the public to participate in. https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/npld-2015.htm Source:: Free Entrance […]

Volunteers are invited to Joshua Tree National Park to participate in the 22nd annual National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 26, from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm. National Public Lands Day is the largest single day of volunteerism each year on America’s public lands. It is also a fee-free day for visitors to the

Joshua Tree National Park invites all 4th grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting September 1, 4th grade students can now go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal

Springdale, UT– The seven Keyhole Canyon canyoneers who were overtaken by a flash flood in Zion National Park, have been identified. They are Mark MacKenzie, 56, of Valencia, CA;Linda Arthur, 57, of Camarillo, CA;Steve Arthur, 58, of Camarillo, CA;Gary Favela, 51, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA;Don Teichner, 55, of Mesquite, NV;Muku Reynolds, 59, of Chino, CA;and

Update on Flash Flood in Zion National Park’s Keyhole Canyon https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/flashfloodkeyholeupdate.htm Source:: Last Missing Keyhole Canyon Canyoneer Found       

Update on Flash Flood in Zion National Park’s Keyhole Canyon https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/keyholeflashflood.htm Source:: Search Continues in Zion National Park, One Still Missing       

Update on Flash Flood in Zion National Park’s Keyhole Canyon. https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/four-fatalities-confirmed.htm Source:: Four Fatalities Confirmed in Zion National Park, Three Still Missing       

Regarding the Keyhole Canyon fatality incident. https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/pc_scheduled.htm Source:: Press Conference Scheduled       

Springdale, UT– On the afternoon of Monday, September 14, 2015 the area in and around Zion National Park experienced heavy rain. Storms arrived between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m and dropped 0.63” in Zion Canyon in one hour.  As a result of these local storms, flash flooding occurred in the park including a small canyon called Keyhole Canyon.

Grand Canyon, Ariz. –At 4:05 p.m. on Sunday, September 13 the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting that an unidentified male was possibly struck by lightning on the South Kaibab Trail. Paramedics were able to locate the unresponsive individual near Ooo-Aah Point approximately 1 mile down the South Kaibab Trail. Medics were