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Desert Events and News California Parks 11/13/2013

Anza Borrego Desert State Park Tamarisk Grove campground is now open, with cabins available starting December 1 11/15/13 3 PM Anza-Borrego Foundation, the park’s cooperating association, is looking for active volunteers interested in helping with hikes, classes,and lectures. Program hosts check in participants, assist instructors, and ensure programs run smoothly. Some field programs may require […]

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Newly Discovered Predatory Dinosaur “King of Gore”

   A remarkable new species of tyrannosaur has been unearthed in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), southern Utah.  The huge carnivore inhabited Laramidia, a landmass formed on the western coast of a shallow sea that flooded the central region of North America, isolating western and eastern portions of the continent for millions of years during

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National Park Service Reopens All National Parks

National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced that as a result of the passage of a continuing resolution providing federal appropriations, the National Park Service have resumed operations effective October 17. All 401 national parks are expected to reopen today, as well as dozens of programs that preserve nature and historic sites and

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3rd Friday Black Rock Lecture Series at Joshua Tree National Park

“Paleontology of the Pinto Basin on Joshua Tree National Park” Imagine the Pinto Basin as a swampland! During part of the Pleistocene era, the Mojave was a much cooler and a less arid environment. Portions of what are now vast expanses of desert were likely shorelines of lakes, streams and marshes, with plentiful vegetation and

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Some National Parks are now open

As a result of donations from states to the National Park Service, the following national parks are temporarily re-opened. Arches National Park (Utah, open October 11-20) Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah, open October 11-20) Canyonlands National Park (Utah, open October 11-20) Capitol Reef National Park (Utah, open October 11-20) Cedar Breaks National Monument (Utah, open October 11-20) Glen Canyon National

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Navajo Nation Parks Not Affected by Federal Government Shut Down

WINDOW ROCK, AZ. – Navajo Nation parks are open and will remain open. Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department Manager Martin L. Begaye announced today that all Navajo Nation tribal parks are currently open. “We are pleased to announce that all Navajo Nation tribal parks are fully operating and open to the public. We are

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All 401 National Parks Closed due to Government Shutdown

NPS’s website states, “Because of the federal government shutdown, all national parks are closed and National Park Service webpages are not operating. For more information, go to www.doi.gov.” doi.gov is down. Here is the text of a letter we received in our email this morning from the National Parks Conservation Assn.’s director of budgets, John Garder: 

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