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  ST GEORGE, UT: Hazardous tree removal work will be completed at the historic Tassi Ranch at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument December 6-12. Visitors are asked to use extreme caution and to avoid the house and parking lot areas. The ranch can be best viewed during the project from the NPS1213 road just south of […]

Visitors to Lees Ferry are advised to expect traffic delays on the Lees Ferry Road near the Paria River Bridge beginning on Monday, Dec. 7 and daily through Dec. 31, 2020. The Lees Ferry Road is located between Marble Canyon, Arizona and Lees Ferry, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Traffic controls will be in

December 3, 2020 – Winter holidays and the spring months are the busiest times of the year at Joshua Tree National Park. Crowded conditions create limited parking, full campgrounds, and lines at park entrances. The three best ways to prepare for your visit to Joshua Tree National Park are: Buy a digital pass ahead of time

Grand Canyon, AZ – Beginning December 1, 2020, visitors traveling to Grand Canyon National Park this winter season should be prepared for modified changes in operations. Visitors should also plan ahead and anticipate temporary road closures and poor driving conditions whenever winter storms pass through the area. The following operational changes will be in effect

November 2020 – La Junta, CO – Although the Traditional Holiday Celebration at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site was cancelled this year due to precautionary measures, the park staff wanted to reach out to our community and share the experience of one of the park’s most popular annual events. On Wednesday, December 2, 2020,

November 13, 2020 – In observance of November as Native American Heritage Month, the National Park Service Tribal Historic Preservation Program announces a major milestone as the 200th Tribal Historic Preservation Agreement has been signed. The agreement with the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada, completed in July 2020, was the 200th such agreement

November 18, 2020 – BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX – A Federal Highways Road Repair Project is set to begin Friday, November 20, 2020. Over the next two months, road crews will be busy making much needed improvements to many park roads through asphalt resurfacing, drainage improvements, culvert repairs, curbing, guardrail fixes, and striping. Big Bend

November 18, 2020 – BOISE, Idaho – The Department of the Interior announced today that it has once again made substantial progress in Fiscal Year 2020 to reduce the risk of wildfire nationwide, treating a ten-year best, 1.5 million acres of public land to prevent wildfires. The National Park Service (NPS) worked diligently as a

November 18, 2020 – The first signs of winter have arrived here at 8,000 feet. As days grow shorter, snowstorms blanket the hoodoos, and temperatures fall below freezing, park and concessionaire operations have begun making seasonal changes. Currently the Visitor Center and Bookstore is operating under its winter hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Desert X 2021 A safe, outdoor art experience, free and open to all The third edition of Desert X will open on February 6 – April 11, 2021 at sites spanning 40 miles across California’s Coachella Valley. The exhibition will be among the first art experiences in the region since widespread lockdowns and shuttering of arts