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July 14, 2015 – Springdale, Utah – Brian Artmann, age 24 and a resident of Henderson, NV, died over the weekend after taking a fall in Zion National Park. Artmann and three fellow canyoneers were attempting to complete Heaps Canyon at the time of the accident. Artmann fell nearly 100 feet at approximately 7:00 p.m., Saturday, […]

BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Park Rangers from Lake Mead National Recreation Area and partners from the Lower Colorado River Water Trail Alliance hosted 200 YMCA of Southern Nevada summer campers at Willow Beach June 29 to July 2 to introduce them to the Black Canyon Water Trail. https://www.nps.gov/lame/learn/news/2015-ymca-water-trail.htm Source:: Lake Mead National Recreation Area       

BOULDER CITY, Nevada – The National Park Service at Lake Mead National Recreation Area is proposing to re-landscape the headquarters office located at 601 Nevada Way in Boulder City. The public is invited to participate in the process by reviewing and providing comments to the draft plans. https://www.nps.gov/lame/learn/news/landscape-project.htm Source:: Lake Mead National Recreation Area       

BOULDER CITY, Nevada – The body of an adult male was recovered in the Boulder Basin on Lake Mead July 12 in an area where a man went missing July 5. https://www.nps.gov/lame/learn/news/body-recovered-at-lake-mead-july-12.htm Source:: Lake Mead National Recreation Area       

The National Park Service (NPS) is conducting a boundary study to explore whether it would be appropriate and feasible to add lands in the Eagle Mountain area in Riverside County, California to Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree National Park was established to preserve and protect the scenic, natural, and cultural resources representative of the

Heaps Canyon is a strenuous, challenging technical canyon with an approximate 3000 foot descent. https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/fatalityheaps7_11_15.htm Source:: Zion National Park       

The Cathedral wildfire is currently burning in Zion National Park. The lower portion of the West Rim Trail is temporarily closed due to falling debris, so there is no access to Angels Landing at this time. https://www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/cathedral-fire.htm Source:: Zion National Park       

BOULDER CITY, Nevada –A $1.5 million construction project will begin at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in late July to extend launch ramps at Lake Mead. With a current lake elevation of 1,075 feet, the concrete at five of the lake’s six launch ramps ends prior to the water. The ramps are still open, but

18th-century missions including the Alamo and Parklands tell story of cultural interchanges – past and present WASHINGTON – July 6, 2015 – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to designate a group of five Spanish colonial

BOULDER CITY, Nevada – A $1.5 million construction project will begin at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in late July to extend launch ramps at Lake Mead. https://www.nps.gov/lame/learn/news/2015-launch-ramp-project.htm Source:: Lake Mead National Recreation Area