Forty-five National Park Service staff members from various parks reported for duty today at Death Valley to renew cleanup and repair efforts after a series of rainstorms caused repeated flash flooding, resulting in one of the greatest and costliest storms in park history. https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/flood-recovery.htm Source:: Death Valley renews flood recovery efforts       

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge are looking for birders of all skills for the 2015 Christmas Bird Count. https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/news/christmas-bird-count-2015.htm Source:: Christmas Bird Count 2015       

Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA—Park dispatch received a visitor report at 8:10 pm, Saturday, November 28, 2015, of a Joshua tree burning on the roadside within Joshua Tree National Park. Park law enforcement, an engine from San Bernardino Fire, and the National Park Service/Bureau of Land Management Fire Management Officer responded.

The Desert Sun reported today that “The velvety grass familiar in Coachella Valley winters will soon be sprouting up in all the familiar areas in Palm Springs, like the lawns fronting the airport and the Village Green.” Due to extremely effective water conservation the city surpassed the quota for reducing water usage to such a degree

As the 2015 boating season comes to an end, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area would like to remind boaters to help stop the spread of Quagga Mussels. When removing boats from Lake Powell be sure to clean, drain, and allow boats and equipment to dry. Vessels slipped or moored at Lake Powell may require decontamination

The National Park Service (NPS) announced today another opportunity for the public to weigh in on revisions to Grand Canyon National Park’s Backcountry Management Plan (BMP). https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/backcountry-plan-draft-eis.htm Source:: National Park Service Seeks Public Input on a Backcountry Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Grand Canyon National Park       

Mesa Verde National Park invites the public to help kick off the National Park Service Centennial with two special evenings in December. On December 9, photographers can capture the illumination of Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in the park, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. On December 10, the park will host the 2015

Applications for Mesa Verde National Park’s 2016 Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program are now being accepted through December 31, 2015. Writers, composers, visual and performing artists are offered the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while being surrounded by the inspiring ancient architecture of the Ancestral Pueblo people and the sweeping natural landscape of the park.