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SPRINGDALE, UT – The body of a male visitor, approximately 45 years old, was discovered in Refrigerator Canyon along the West Rim Trail early Friday morning, March 3, 2017. Visitors hiking the trail came upon the body around 8:20 a.m. and called 911. It was reported that the individual was cold with visible signs of […]

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California – Joshua Tree National Park is inviting the public to comment on its 2016/17 preliminary restoration grant application to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division. The proposed project aims to restore and protect resources from unauthorized off-highway vehicle (OHV) use in the park. Illegal OHV

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 area described as “Morongo Man Cliffs” (approximately 1 km NW of Split Rock parking lot).

SPRINGDALE, UT – Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park will be temporarily closed beginning March 1, 2017 in order to protect these birds which are in recovery from “endangered species” status. The closure date is based on analysis of data collected from 2001-2016 regarding the peregrines’ arrival time

California State Parks, California Highway Patrol and the San Diego Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of an unidentified male near Indian Head Peak in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. View the official news release here. Source:: Body Recovery at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park       

DEATH VALLEY, CA – There will be a limited number of opportunities this spring to visit Scotty’s Castle. This is a unique opportunity to witness the damage caused by a large flash flood and to learn about the National Park Service’s ongoing work to restore the historic district.

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Tumacácori National Historical Park protects the ruins of a Spanish colonial mission to the native O’odham people. It is the O’odham residents of this community who formed and laid the bricks of the church, tilled the fields, and wrangled the mission livestock. Their culture and traditions live on today, focused in the lands of the

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Over a decade ago, National Park Service researchers collected coyote scat from 14 sites in and around the Conejo Valley. They wanted to understand the diet of local coyotes. Researchers are now going back to those same sites to repeat the study and see what has–or has not–changed.