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California Department of Parks and Recreation encourages visitors exploring state parks during the wildflower season to properly plan and prepare for their trips. View the official news release here. Source:: Thousands Visit California State Parks for Wildflower Season       

Mesa Verde National Park invites you to join Park Ecologist, Tova Spector, on an “End of Winter Wildflower Walk” on Friday, March 24, beginning at 10 a.m. The guided hike is free, but advance sign-up is required. This hike is recommended for participants 12 years old and up.

The 2017 Mesa Verde National Park Artists in Residence (AIR) have been selected. Each artist will offer a free public program in the park during their residency. Watch the park’s 2017 Artists in Residence web page for details on date, time and place of public programs closer to the time of the residency noted below.

Starting this August, Californians will make their state parks camping and tour reservations through a new, faster, easier to use reservation system that features more open access to data. View the official news release here. Source:: New Reservation System Coming to California State Parks This Summer       

Grand Canyon, AZ – On Tuesday, March 14, at 4:17 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting that a visitor had fallen from the rim of the canyon west of Mather Point.

The combined number of visitors to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument increased 29.3 percent in 2016, largely reflecting increased interest in Glen Canyon’s land-based recreation options. Visitation reached 3,325,894 in 2016, up 753,531 over 2015 and marking the highest total since 1993. Of those visitors, 1,422,353 stayed at Glen Canyon

Higher visitation in Glen Canyon in 2016 – 3,325,894, up 753,531 over 2015 and marking the highest total since 1993. Of those visitors, 1,422,353 stayed at Glen Canyon overnight. https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/news/glca-2017-visitation.htm Source:: Glen Canyon, Rainbow Bridge visitation climbs 29 percent to 3.3 million       

Grand Canyon, AZ – Each year in the spring (March – June) Grand Canyon National Park experiences an increase in turbidity in the drinking water. This increased turbidity is caused by snow melt and spring rains recharging the aquifer and the increased water flows through the rock formations to the point of supply for the Grand

ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZ. March 10, 2017 – Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument will host its third annual free Family Fun Campout April 1 – 2, 2017. This event is an overnight camping experience, filled with fun learning activities for the whole family! Ajo and O’odham Nation families are cordially invited. Pre-registration is required.