Desert News
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California — Cottonwood Visitor Center, located at the southern end of Joshua Tree National Park, will temporarily close August 4, 2014 through August 15, 2014 due to road construction in the area. The closure will be Monday through Friday. The visitor center will be open the weekend of August […]
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Catwalk Recreation Area CLOSED on 07/31/2014 Date(s): Jul 31, 2014 – Aug 1, 2014 The Catwalk Recreation Area is CLOSED on 07/31/2014 due to high water crossings and possible heavy rains through out the day. For more information contact the Glenwood Ranger District at 575-539-2481 or check with the website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/gila/recarea/?recid=2029 To read more about
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August 13, 1881 Newman “Old Man” Clanton was camped out alongside six other cowboys in Guadalupe Canyon just inside the U.S. border with Mexico. The cattle they had been herding towards Tombstone were believed to have been rustled from Sonora. An ambush occurred in the middle of the night, and five of the seven cowboys
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BOULDER CITY, Nevada – The body of a 30-year-old Las Vegas man who went missing July 22 was recovered from Lake Mead around 8 p.m. July 23. At 11:52 a.m. July 22, the Lake Mead Interagency Communication Center received a call reporting that Dindo Gavarra jumped from a houseboat to swim to shore with others.
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Best Flights The best bat flights normally occur in July and August. At this time baby bats, born in early summer, join the flight along with migrating bats from colonies further north. Prior to the evening bat flight, a program is given at the cavern entrance by a park ranger. The starting time of the
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Zion National Park – July 15, 2014 — It’s official: a pair of California condors are raising a chick in Utah. For weeks, biologists from several agencies and groups have focused their attention on a rock cavity at Zion National Park. The cavity is 1,000 feet above a remote canyon floor. Inside the cavity, the
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“The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said the body of Legeno, 50, was found early on Sunday morning and a helicopter was used to transport it from the area.” — Reuters news service. Wikipedia quickly updated its page on Legeno stating, “Legeno’s body was found by a pair of hikers on July 6, 2014, in Death
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BOULDER CITY, Nev. – National Park Service park rangers and other first responders conducted multiple search and rescues at Lake Mead July 8 after a thunderstorm formed over the Boulder Basin. The storm began around 3:45 p.m. and created 5-foot waves and reports of 8-foot swells. The Lake Mead Interagency Communication Center received multiple distress
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Colorado/Utah – Park Rangers at Dinosaur National Monument offer a variety of public programs from guided hikes and campground evening programs to the very popular Junior Ranger Program. This summer, several popular activities from last year have returned and several new ranger-led programs have been added to the schedule, including programs that highlight the diversity
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Moab, UT – Due to very dry conditions and increasing fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments. Begining at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 11, fires will be permitted only in designated fire grates in developed
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