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Grand Canyon National Park annual passes are available for purchase for 2017. This annual pass provides free entrance for a year exclusively to Grand Canyon National Park. Every year a photo contest takes place to select the image that will go on Grand Canyon’s Annual Pass. The 2017 winner for the annual pass photo contest

Park rangers will be leading a guided hike focusing on winter ecology at Mesa Verde National Park on Saturday, February 4, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The guided hike is free, but advance sign-up is required. Children should be at least 7 years old to join the hike.

Grand Canyon, Ariz. –At approximately 5 pm on Saturday, January 28, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting a man who had fallen from the rim near the South Kaibab trailhead.

On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 the National Park Service will begin accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2018-noncommercial-river-lottery.htm Source:: Grand Canyon National Park to Open 2018 Noncommercial River Trip Permit Lottery       

The California State Historical Resources Commission (Commission) will consider 10 nominations for federal historic designation Friday, February 3. View the official news release here. Source:: California State Historical Resources Commission to Consider 10 Properties for Action       

The State Geologist of Arizona, Lee Allison, reported January 23, 2017 that a new 2-mile-long, up to 10 feet wide and 25- to 30-feet deep fissure had been discovered in the Arizona desert.