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SPRINGDALE, UT –Zion National Park will be closing Lower Emerald Pool Trail Monday through Thursday and reopen Friday through Sunday for the next few weeks starting Monday, October 21, 2019. A full closure for major trail repairs will commence on Lower Emerald Pool Trail in November lasting until spring 2020 and will remain closed during […]

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX – The Boquillas Port of Entry within Big Bend National Park, providing access to the town of Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico, as well as the protected areas of Maderas del Carmen, Ocampo, and Cañon de Santa Elena, will start winter hours of operation beginning Saturday, November 2nd, 2019. Pedestrians will be

Grand Canyon, AZ- Grand Canyon National Park documented the fifth wild hatched California condor chick on Oct. 10, 2019, in the Southwestern wild population, making it an annual record number of chicks, or nestlings, within the region. The nestling, identified by its stud book number of 1005, is estimated to have hatched on May 9

Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim will begin day use operations on Nov. 1, 2019. Visitors exploring the North Rim after Oct. 31 should plan to be self-sufficient, bringing enough food and water for their stay, as services will not be available. The day use operation season will further limit the available services for visitors,

Cause of Death for P-30 is Anticoagulant Rodenticide; Poisoning P-53 Cause of Death Unknown But Poisons Found in her Carcass THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Two mountain lions have been found dead in the Santa Monica Mountains recently and the cause of death for one of them, a healthy six-year-old male known as P-30, was anticoagulant

Dinosaur, CO & JENSEN, UT – The first signs of fall have arrived at Dinosaur National Monument with hints of yellow on the cottonwood tree leaves and migrating birds passing through the area. Fall also brings changes in visitor center hours and services. On the Utah side of the monument, the Quarry Visitor Center and

DEATH VALLEY, CA – Death Valley National Park is hosting special programs and events in celebration of the park’s 25th birthday October 26 –November 2. On November 2, the park will waive entrance fees. Death Valley was first protected as a national monument in 1933. On October 31, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the California

Dinosaur, Colorado & Jensen, Utah – On August 30, the National Park Service announced a new electric bicycle (e-bike) policy for national parks, expanding recreational opportunities and accessibility. The policy supports Secretary’s Order 3376, signed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt on August 29 that directs Department of the Interior (DOI) bureaus to create

SPRINGDALE, UT – Condor chick #1000 has set another milestone for the California Condor Recovery Program. On September 25, 2019, chick #1000 took its first flight from its nest cave in Zion National Park, becoming the first wild-hatched chick to successfully fledge within Zion National Park since recovery efforts began in the late 1990’s and

SPRINGDALE, UT – The Upper Emerald Pool Trail has reopened. Access is only through Kayenta Trail from Shuttle Stop 6, The Grotto. If combined, hikers can expect a three mile and 2.5 hour roundtrip. Both hikes are moderate, unpaved, with some drop-offs. There is no access to Zion Lodge or Lower Emerald Pool Trail from