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A man who stole more than 500 federally-protected cactus plants from Lake Mead National Recreation Area has been sentenced to serve 24 months in prison. Williams Starr Schwartz, age 54, will then serve 3 years of supervised release, during which time he is banned from entering the park and surrounding public land. He must also

Borrego Springs, CA: AdventureCORPS®, Inc. – organizers of the world-famous Badwater 135 Ultramarathon from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney in July – hosts the BADWATER® Salton Sea 81-Mile Ultramarathon annually on the last weekend of April. The seventh annual edition takes place this weekend on Sunday-Monday, April 28-29, 2019. This remarkable event challenges teams of

Dinosaur, Colorado and Jensen, Utah – Dinosaur National Monument and the International Dark Sky Association are pleased to announce the designation of Dinosaur as an International Dark Sky Park. This distinction recognizes the skies above Dinosaur as having an exceptional quality of natural darkness while efforts on the ground actively contribute to enjoyment and protection of

Grand Canyon, AZ– At 1:05 p.m. on April 23rd, Grand Canyon National Park rangers responded to a call reporting that a person needed help at rocky point west of Pipe Creek Vista. Before a rescue effort could be undertaken, the person fell. Using the park helicopter and a technical rescue team, responding rangers located the body

Ramah, NM – On Friday, May 10th at 8:00 p.m., the National Park Service at El Morro National Monument and the El Morro Area Arts Council invite you to enjoy a special cultural event, an evening of Zuni cosmology. The event will be held at the Old School Gallery, located on Hwy. 53 at Mile

Thousand Oaks, CA – As the saying goes, “All that glitters is not gold.” The hillsides covered in lush green and bright yellow flowers after a season of heavy rains have a masquerader that will soon become a forest of dead brown stalks. Biologists and ecologists say the region is simultaneously experiencing two very different

A 52 year old Yucca Valley resident fell ill and despite efforts to resuscitate, died while hiking in the Black Rock area of Joshua Tree National Park on Thursday, April 11. At around 3 pm, Susan Schoenfeldt was approximately one mile into the West Loop trail with her daughter when she complained of nausea and

La Quinta, California—Postcards From Mecca: The California Desert Photographs of Susie Keef Smith and Lula Mae Graves is open through May 11, 2019 at the La Quinta Museum. This is the first exhibit to showcase the work of 1930s Mecca postmaster Susie Keef Smith and her cousin Lula Mae Graves. A new book about the adventurous

Celebrate Earth Day & National Park Week in Death Valley National Park DEATH VALLEY, CA – Death Valley National Park will host a variety of programs April 14-22 for Earth Day and National Park Week. One of 419 national park sites, Death Valley is 3.4 million acres, the largest national park in the contiguous United

On April 20, the first day of National Park Week, all National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will provide free park entrance. The April 20 fee waiver includes entrance fees only. Other fees such as boating permits, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included. A wide diversity