Riverside Walk & Lower to Upper Emerald Pools Hikes By Lynn Bremner If you’re looking for a fun destination for hiking, but still want to stay cool this summer, check out Zion National Park. Just two and a half hours from Las Vegas, Zion offers trails and outdoor recreation for all levels. During my visit […]
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Lake Powell – Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaBy Lynn Bremner The first leg of our summer hiking trip began at Lake Powell Resort & Marina. It’s located right on Lake Powell and was the perfect choice for our first adventure, a boat tour and hike to Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Rainbow Bridge National Monument is
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Zion National Park – July 15, 2014 — It’s official: a pair of California condors are raising a chick in Utah. For weeks, biologists from several agencies and groups have focused their attention on a rock cavity at Zion National Park. The cavity is 1,000 feet above a remote canyon floor. Inside the cavity, the
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Colorado/Utah – Park Rangers at Dinosaur National Monument offer a variety of public programs from guided hikes and campground evening programs to the very popular Junior Ranger Program. This summer, several popular activities from last year have returned and several new ranger-led programs have been added to the schedule, including programs that highlight the diversity
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Moab, UT – Due to very dry conditions and increasing fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments. Begining at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 11, fires will be permitted only in designated fire grates in developed
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Movie making has a tremendous history in Moab, Utah. “Need for Speed” produced by DreamWorks Pictures, was written based on a video game series of the same name. It was released in March 2014. A street racer races cross-country to avenge the death of a friend, who was killed by a rival racer. Among the
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March 25, 2014 — At approximately 11:00 am, March 25, 2014, a Search and Rescue (SAR) team consisting of members from Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, and several volunteer climbers recovered a BASE jumper’s body from the West Temple area. He was identified as 38-year-old Sean Leary from Sacramento, California. Leary was last heard
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The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comments as part of an Environmental Assessment (EA) process to analyze the effects of implementing parking congestion management strategies at the Delicate Arch/Wolfe Ranch area of Arches National Park. Strategies such as expanding the existing parking lot, eliminating roadside parking, and implementing a reservation system are being
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Open Houses Scheduled for Upcoming Glen Canyon National Recreation Planning Efforts A proposed Off-road Vehicle Management Plan for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the future of Lake Powell invasive mussel prevention are two planning efforts that will be showcased at five open houses in February. National Park Service staff will be on hand to provide
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Work will begin Tuesday, January 21, 2014 to deepen the Castle Rock Cut. The excavation project will increase the number of usable days of the cut during lower lake levels. National Park Service (NPS) staff will place “Closed Area” buoys around the work area and ready the site for the contractor, Brown Brothers Construction
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