Desert News
July 6, 2020 – BOULDER CITY, Nevada – A body has been recovered near the Boulder Islands on Lake Mead where an adult female went missing on June 30. National Park Service rangers located and recovered the body with the use of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The Clark County Medical Examiner has been contacted […]
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California State Parks today announced recommendations to the National Park Service for $45 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants for 16 local park projects. Funding would provide public and private agencies the ability to acquire land and/or develop recreational amenities such as playgrounds, exercise stations, basketball courts, community gardens, and dog and
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Keep Tahoe Bears Wild! Summer is here at Lake Tahoe and that means more visitors recreating in bear habitat, which increases the chance of encountering a bear – or a family of bears. Increased visitation also brings more temptations for bears to discover human food and garbage sources. For Tahoe bears, summer is a time
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Visitors traveling to park in coming weeks must stay informed about the new interim visitor entry system Yellowstone National Park’s south loop will reopen to the public on June 22 Visitors traveling to park in coming weeks must stay informed about the new interim visitor entry system At 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, Yellowstone National
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Park also making progress to identify expedient temporary options to restore access to Gardiner and Cooke City, Montana MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — During a visit to Yellowstone National Park and Gardiner, Montana, on Sunday, June 19, National Park Service Director Chuck Sams with Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly announced $50 million to kick-start recovery
High winds and rough water were factors BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Lake Mead National Recreation Area can confirm that an adult male has drowned at South Cove on Lake Mead over Father’s Day Weekend. National Park Service rangers received reports of a tri-hull vessel approximately 15 feet long taking on water over the bow due
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Jay W. Sharp The prospector – a composite of many from across the eastern half of the United States – had heard the stories from the gold fields of California early in that year of 1849. Young men, with little future in impoverished rural communities and fields in the East and the Old South, spoke
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by Ara Gureghian We (my buddy Spirit – my dog and my best friend – and I) have been in Terlingua, in the Big Bend area of western Texas, for about a month now, and when asked me to write a feature on its ghost town, too many paths presented themselves. The history? The residents?
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By Joe Zentner Mesa Verde National Park, the site of some of the most spectacular and mysterious prehistoric ruins in all of the United States, lies about 35 miles west of Durango, Colorado, south of U. S. Highway 160, in the southwestern corner of the Centennial State. Heavily dissected, Mesa Verde ranges from 6000 to
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The mystical shapes inspire imagination and intrigue. It appears impossible that the destructive forces of water carved these fragile landforms. Instead many believe the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon were formed by wind. This is a mistaken idea. Wind is an effective form of erosion for many locations. However, for Bryce Canyon wind has little effect
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