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Grand Canyon, AZ– Grand Canyon National Park implemented Level 2 water conservation measures due to a series of breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline. Until park staff repairs the break and water in storage tanks reaches sustainable levels, the park will remain in conservation mode. Under Level 2 water restrictions, the park and its partners have […]

DEATH VALLEY, CA –Around 2:15 pm on Monday, March 12, a truck driver heading eastbound on California Highway 190 lost control of his vehicle near Emigrant Campground. The truck careened into the desert, landed on its side, and caught on fire. National Park Service protection rangers responded with an ambulance and kept visitors away and

SPRINGDALE, UT – Access to portions of the Kolob Canyon District of Zion National Park will be restricted due to a construction project beginning May 1, 2018. The project involves reconstructing sections of the road, repaving the entire road, and adding accessible parking, sidewalk, and toilet facilities. All of Kolob Canyon Road, the Visitor Center and

BOULDER CITY, Nevada – For the safety of park visitors and staff, the Upper Campground at Cottonwood Cove within Lake Mead National Recreation Area is closed to overnight camping until further notice. A recent study identified vulnerable flood hazards in the area. Upon completion of a major flood control project, the area will be reevaluated.

DEATH VALLEY, CA –Recently, volunteers from the Friends of the Inyo and National Park Service staff spent a weekend attempting to remove tire tracks from the Racetrack playa in Death Valley National Park. Nineteen people used garden tools and 750 gallons of water to attempt to restore 512 feet of tire tracks. The tire tracks

54 year old attorney, Paul Hanks was found late Thursday afternoon by park search and rescue personnel. Hanks left San Diego on Sunday, March 11 to go hiking in Joshua Tree National Park and never checked into his hotel room reserved for that evening. His white pick-up was located in the parking lot at the

A search is currently underway for a 54 year old, white male whose vehicle was found at the Maze Loop parking lot. Paul Hanks left San Diego on Sunday, March 11 to go hiking in Joshua Tree National Park and never checked into his hotel room reserved for that evening. Hanks is described as in

The Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park is offering two community lectures this month: March 16  La Rumorosa Rock Art of Baja California  7pm at the Community Room, Bell Center, Copper Mountain College, 6162 Rotary Way, Joshua Tree. Pre registration is requested.  Please call 760-367-5535. The Kumeyaay and their ancestors have lived on the

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California – The park superintendent, under the authority of Title 36 C.F.R., section 1.5(a)(1), has issued a closure order to all public entry and public use activities for the areas described as Towers of Uncertainty, approximately 4 km or 2.5 miles south on Geology Tour Road, as well as

Tucson, AZ— “Look, up in the sky!” will be the word when junior rangers attend “Astronomy Camp” in the Rincon Mountain District (east) of Saguaro National Park East on Saturday, March 24.  The new event, running from 3 to 9 PM that day will travel from earth orbit to the farthest reaches of space through indoor and outdoor activities