Local artisans will share their culture and crafts with Grand Canyon National Park visitors at the Desert View Watchtower. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/dv-cultural-demonstrations.htm Source:: Grand Canyon
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Tucson, AZ – On March 7, Saguaro National Park held a winter wildflower Bioblitz.Over 100 enthusiastic individuals participated in seven botanist led guided hikes across the park and identified 99 species of winter annual flowering plants. Eighty-three species of flowers were identified in the Tucson Mountain District (west) and 59 species were identified in the Rincon
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March 27, 2015 – PHOENIX — At approximately 4:15 p.m. today, US 89 south of Page was reopened to traffic for the first time following a Feb. 20, 2013, landslide that caused catastrophic damage to the roadway, requiring a 23-mile closure between the junction of State Route 98 in Page and US 89A near Bitter
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April 1881 – Bob Paul, former Wells Fargo agent, becomes Pima County Sheriff after a protracted challenge over the November 1880 election results. April 1881- Tombstone’s city council reorganized the City Marshal’s office as a police department, and established a Chief of Police for the city of 4,000. April 9, 1885 – The Tombstone Amateur
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Grand Canyon National Park joins in the Find Your Park Campaign and will celebrate with Earth Day events and a fee-free weekend, April 18-19 https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-week-2015-04-18.htm Source:: Grand Canyon
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WEST GLACIER, MT. – A mountain lion was shot and killed by a park ranger after the lion attacked a dog in the employee housing area of Glacier National Park in West Glacier Saturday evening. At approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, a park employee returned to her residence and upon opening the car
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With the return of spring, many climbing routes or features inside Arches National Park again have been temporarily closed to rock climbing to protect sensitive wildlife species in accordance with the authority of Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1, Section 1.5(a)(1). Effective immediately, popular climbing routes on the feature known as the
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I had waited and waited all spring for this plant to bloom. (i had not seen it in flower since 2005. ) this is what it was supposed to look like. this year i was hopeful. nice spring rain, lots of leaves.
Flagstaff, AZ. –In honor of Walnut Canyon’s Centennial, Superintendent Kayci Cook Collins, announced a special fee free day, this Saturday, March 21, 2015. As part of Arizona Archaeology Month, Walnut Canyon will host a Craft Day with demonstrations and hands-on craft making. Join NPS archaeologists at the Walnut Canyon visitor center and learn how early
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SPRINGDALE, UT: Due to unforeseen delays in construction at the Zion Canyon Visitor Center parking lot, Zion National Park is closing the Visitor Center temporarily and moving most operations over to the Zion Human History Museum, located approximately one half-mile from the South Entrance. Wilderness Permits will be available at the Zion Nature Center, near
