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A ranger stands next to the thermometer at Furnace Creek Visitor Center. The Celsius reading should display 54 degrees. NPS DEATH VALLEY, CA – Yesterday at 3:41 PM PDT (Sunday, August 16, 2020), a temperature of 130°F was recorded at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park. If verified, this will be the hottest temperature recorded […]

In celebration of the 104th birthday of the National Park Service (NPS), Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will offer free park entrance on Tuesday, August 25. Many land and water based activities are available; find all the information needed to plan your next adventure here. The fee waiver includes entrance fees only. Join us on August

GRAND CANYON, AZ. – Paleontological research has confirmed a series of recently discovered fossils tracks are the oldest recorded tracks of their kind to date within Grand Canyon National Park. In 2016, Norwegian geology professor, Allan Krill, was hiking with his students when he made a surprising discovery. Lying next to the trail, in plain

Scientists have discovered the first reproductive female wolverine and her two offspring (called kits) in Mount Rainier National Park in over one hundred years. Photos of the wolverine family can be found on Mount Rainier’s Flickr album. “It’s really, really exciting,” said Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Chip Jenkins. “It tells us something about the condition of

KATHERINE LANDING, Arizona – Water quality levels at North Arizona Telephone Cove on Lake Mohave have returned to normal. The swim advisory at this location has been lifted. Currently, there are no swim advisories on Lake Mead or Lake Mohave. Help keep our lakes clean by using designated restrooms and dumping RV and sewage at the

ALAMOGORDO, NM – Every August, we are treated to the largest and most active meteor shower of the year: the Perseid Meteor Shower. White Sands National Park invites you to join us as we celebrate the meteor shower through a series of online events. Starting Saturday, August 8, a series of online social media posts

UPDATE August 6, 2020 Lake Powell boaters are advised that due to the catastrophic failure of the lift station at the Dangling Rope Marina, no boat pump out services or potable water will be available at Dangling Rope for the remainder of the 2020 season. When the incident occurred, there were no injuries and no

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX – On August 5, 2020, the National Park Service (NPS) will continue with measures to protect desert bighorn sheep at Big Bend National Park, which include reducing its population of non-native aoudads (Barbary sheep). Big Bend National Park is still closed as of this writing. If the park has reopened

On July 28, 2020, at approximately 1:20 a.m. the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dispatch Center received a report of a boating accident and missing person on Lake Powell. Witnesses reported the victim was part of a group of people camping overnight in a houseboat on the shoreline of Lake Powell in the Warm Creek

Tucson, Ariz. (July 30, 2020) — Effective Thursday, July 30, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and the