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Grand Canyon, Ariz.– Construction will begin as early as January 2, 2018 at the Hermit Road interchange to resurface and improve the Hermit Road and Village Loop intersection. This is the first part of a 2018 Federal Highways Administration project to improve several intersections and about 15 miles of roads in the park. The road […]

P-41 was one of the most urban mountain lions in a local study THOUSAND Oaks, Calif. — According to recent lab results, the mountain lion known as P-41 was exposed to multiple compounds of anticoagulant rodenticide, a form of rat poison. The remains of the adult male, tracked as part of a National Park Service

US Park Rangers of Death Valley National Park and Special Agents with the National Park Service (NPS) Investigative Services Branch are seeking the public’s help with identifying those responsible for recent vandalism and trespass at Devils Hole. At about 5:00 p.m. on November 5, 2017, five people were recorded on the site’s security cameras damaging

Death Valley, CA–Through the holiday season, citizen scientists will once again fan out across America and America’s national parks to count birds. One of the longest running citizen science events in the world, the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) began in 1900. It provides reliable data that help demonstrate the importance of national

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Sore mouth disease (also known as contagious ecthyma) is thought to be responsible for an illness observed among bighorn rams in Yellowstone National Park. Sore mouth disease is a virus caused by the parapoxvirus. It is transmittable to people if direct contact with infected sheep occurs. The park reminds people

OAKLAND, CA – December 13, 2017 — Two orphaned mountain lion cubs have been taken in by Oakland Zoo, working with the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Feline Conservation Center. Both cubs were found in Orange County, separately, two weeks apart from each other, but based on their ages and geographic

NBC News reported Dec 7th that, “Tens of thousands in Southern California went to bed uneasy or not at all late Wednesday as fire officials warned of powerful winds overnight that could whip up a series of wildfires that have already devoured a large swath of the region…. “Several fires also menaced the nation’s second-largest

The National Park Service began work this week to repair and install elevator guide rails and modernize the primary elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Work to modernize the primary elevators will include installing new motors and elevator cars. The primary elevator system was originally installed in 1955 and went out of service in November

Grand Canyon, AZ — Fire managers will take advantage of continued warm, dry weather conditions over the next several weeks and may initiate additional prescribed fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Working as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program, fire managers from Grand Canyon National Park and the Kaibab National

Two women will serve a year each of supervised probation for assaulting a man in Grand Canyon National Park in October. Kyrah Kaska and Starlivia Kaska pleaded guilty to Simple Assault and were recently sentenced in federal court. They are also banned from the park and are prohibited from possessing weapons. US Park Rangers responded