Desert News
Grand Canyon, AZ – Repairs to the damaged water pipeline serving Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim were completed ahead of schedule this week, allowing lodging for those with prior reservations, campgrounds, and other services to open May 15 as normally scheduled.
Damaged Grand Canyon Water Pipeline Fixed, North Rim to Open as Scheduled Read More »
SPRINGDALE, UT – Zion National Park’s Hidden Canyon Trail will be closed on June 5, 2017 for trail maintenance.
Hidden Canyon Trail to close on June 5, through September 1, 2017 Read More »
Grand Canyon, Ariz. – The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that the Initial Bison Herd Reduction Environmental Assessment (EA), which evaluates management actions related to bison on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, is available for public review and comment. The EA was prepared in collaboration with cooperating agencies — the Arizona Game and Fish Department,
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area rangers located human remains at the base of Horseshoe Bend on Sunday.
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SPRINGDALE, UT – The National Park Service (NPS) provides a variety of planning and environmental documents to help guide management of park projects. The Planning, Environment, & Public Comment (PEPC) website allows the public to select active NPS projects around the nation and participate in the planning process, including projects at Zion National Park (ZION). The
Grand Canyon, AZ – Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim will open as scheduled May 15 with limited visitor services despite major storm-caused breaks in the only pipeline that supplies its water.
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5,969,811 visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2016 spent $648,170,900 in communities near the park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/econ-benefit-2016.htm Source:: Tourism to Grand Canyon National Park Creates $904 Million in Economic Benefits
Tourism to Grand Canyon National Park Creates $904 Million in Economic Benefits Read More »
In a continuing effort to make Glen Canyon National Recreation Area safer for all types of recreation, the park is establishing wakeless zones in three side canyons on Lake Powell: Antelope, Labyrinth and Lost Eden canyons.
New wakeless zones protect boaters in 3 Lake Powell side canyons Read More »
Grand Canyon, Ariz. – On Friday, April 28 the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center was notified by a commercial river trip that they located a body on the Colorado River at River Mile 152. Park rangers responded and recovered the body, which was transported to the rim by helicopter and transferred to the Coconino County
Body Recovered from Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park Read More »
The Devils Garden area of Arches National Park, including access to all area hiking trails, will be closed from April 30 through June 3 to allow construction crews to complete needed road work. During this period, vehicles may drive as far as the Sand Dune Arch trailhead where they will need to turn around.
