Palm Springs Hiking Destinations: Palm Canyon & The Trading Post Palm Canyon is the largest native California fan palm oasis in the world. Once the home of the Cahuilla Indians, the canyon is filled with native plants, wildlife and a year round water source. Rock mortars can be seen on some of the rocks near […]
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Organ Pipe Cactus sponsored a Wilderness workshop with US Border Patrol, Ajo Station to explore wilderness stewardship and management. https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/news/2015-wilderness-training.htm Source:: Agencies Join Together for Wilderness Training to Kick-Off the National Park Service Centennial
Thank you to everyone who attended the photography night and the 2015 Holiday Open House at Mesa Verde on December 9th and 10th, respectively. https://www.nps.gov/meve/learn/news/15_46_thankyou_from_park_staff.htm Source:: Thank You from the Staff of Mesa Verde National Park
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By Lynn Bremner Located at the southern part of Joshua Tree National Park, Mastodon Peak provides sweeping views of the surrounding desert. On a clear day you can see the glimmering Salton Sea from the top. The hike is 3 miles roundtrip and may take you anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours depending on your
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Grand Canyon, Ariz. –To kick off the new year and to celebrate the National Park Service’s Centennial, Grand Canyon National Park is participating in the 127th Rose Parade Friday, January 1, 2016. The theme for the 2016 Rose Parade- “Find Your Adventure”- is a nod to “Find Your Park,” a public campaign to raise awareness
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Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Monday, January 4, 2016. 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Meet at park headquarters in Page, Arizona located at 691 Scenic View Drive (off of Highway 89) https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/news/christmas-bird-count-2016.htm Source:: Glen Canyon Seeks Volunteers for Christmas Bird Count
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National Park Service road crews have finished repairing West Side Road and opened it in time for an anticipated surge in visitation to Death Valley National Park over the holidays. Hundreds of miles of park roads were closed after a series of flash floods in October. In the center of the park, Furnace Creek had
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The National Park Service is proposing to remove trespass livestock, including but not limited to cattle and horses, from Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde National Park was designated in 1906 to preserve, research, and interpret the archeological sites and other works and relics of prehistoric inhabitants in its boundaries. Trespass livestock, which enter into
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After a ten-year absence, an endangered fish species has once again been found in the Santa Cruz River in southern Arizona. Last month the Gila topminnow, a native Arizona species listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1967, was found in the Santa Cruz River near the U.S.-Mexico border during the annual fish survey conducted
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Lakeshore Drive from South Entrance to the four-way intersection will be closed for construction January 11, 2016 through May 2016. Use Wahweap North entrance. https://www.nps.gov/glca/learn/news/lakeshore-drive-closed-for-rehabilitation.htm Source:: Lakeshore Drive Closed for Rehabilitation
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