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Grand Canyon, AZ- Visitors to Grand Canyon, especially inner canyon hikers, mule riders, and backpackers, need to prepare for excessively hot days in the coming weeks. In the summer, temperatures on exposed parts of the trail can reach over 120 F (49 C). Hiking in extreme heat can lead to serious health risks including heat […]

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 10, 2018 –Mid-day on Sunday, park rangers received a report of a visitor being swept down the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River inside Sequoia National Park. Immediately, both park and Tulare County swift-water rescue resources were called to the scene. The man, 36, from Los Angeles, went into the

Global News reported June 8th, “‘My husband came over and grabbed a shovel and cut off the head,’ Jennifer said. Around 10 minutes later, Jeremy went to pick up the snake’s remains to dispose of them, and that’s when — unexpectedly — the reptile bit him. ‘The head actually turned around and grabbed onto his hand.

KUSI reported June 7th, “Nathalie Reed, 20, and a friend hiked a trail leading to Three Sisters Falls in Santa Ysabel on Tuesday morning, the Medical Examiner’s Office reported. That afternoon, Reed appeared to become dehydrated and hyperthermic, or overheated. Eventually, the Lemon Grove resident ‘stumbled and fell into the bushes along the trail, and a

On the morning of June 6, 59-year-old Kim Hancock of Santa Rosa, California, was gored by a bull bison at Fountain Paint Pot in the Lower Geyser Basin. Hancock and a crowd of people approached within ten yards of the bison while walking along a boardwalk. At one point, people were closer than 15 feet

On Saturday, June 2, 2018, a new 14.7 mile portion of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail (NHT) will open in Santa Fe. A public event dedicating this new trail and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System takes place at 11:30 am at the new Dead Dog Trailhead

Penny Allyson Behr, age 53, from Cypress, Texas was attacked by a cow elk in an accidental encounter behind the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel on the morning of Tuesday, June 5. Ms. Behr was walking between two cabins when she was surprised by an elk bedded along the cabin wall with a calf nearby. She

Charlene Triplett, age 51, from Las Vegas, Nevada, was attacked by a cow elk behind the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel on Sunday, June 3. The elk was protecting a calf bedded down roughly 20 feet away and hidden by other cars. It’s not known if Ms. Triplett saw the calf or the elk prior to

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California – A visitor alerted park rangers to what appeared to be partially buried human remains just off Big Horn Pass Road. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the remains are human and are currently investigating the scene. Park officials advise the public

Stuff.co.nz reported May 27th that “A Kiwi who drank her own urine to survive three days stranded and wounded in the desert says it tastes like bad, flat beer. “Claire Nelson, 36, was found with a shattered pelvis in Joshua Tree National Park by US Park Rangers four days after she fell and broke her