Local national parks join NASA in Nationwide Celebration of Webb Space Telescope First Science Images Utah — The National Park Service in Southwestern Utah and Northern Arizona has joined hundreds of sites across the country to celebrate the release of the first science images from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s next great space science […]
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Below the Hoover DamBy Sandra Scott When most people hear of the word Las Vegas they think of gambling and the over-the-top glittering Strip, but there is more to do in Las Vegas besides gambling. Few people realize that Las Vegas is an excellent hub for exploring nature. Vegas is in a desert where exploring
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Text by Curtis Von Fange I’ve always enjoyed the desert environment. So it was a special surprise to find a little piece of the desert high in the mountainous state of Colorado. I was traveling east on US 160 from Alamosa, a small town of around 14,000 people located in the south-central section of the
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July 6, 2020 – BOULDER CITY, Nevada – A body has been recovered near the Boulder Islands on Lake Mead where an adult female went missing on June 30. National Park Service rangers located and recovered the body with the use of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The Clark County Medical Examiner has been contacted
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California State Parks today announced recommendations to the National Park Service for $45 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants for 16 local park projects. Funding would provide public and private agencies the ability to acquire land and/or develop recreational amenities such as playgrounds, exercise stations, basketball courts, community gardens, and dog and
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Keep Tahoe Bears Wild! Summer is here at Lake Tahoe and that means more visitors recreating in bear habitat, which increases the chance of encountering a bear – or a family of bears. Increased visitation also brings more temptations for bears to discover human food and garbage sources. For Tahoe bears, summer is a time
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Visitors traveling to park in coming weeks must stay informed about the new interim visitor entry system Yellowstone National Park’s south loop will reopen to the public on June 22 Visitors traveling to park in coming weeks must stay informed about the new interim visitor entry system At 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, Yellowstone National
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Park also making progress to identify expedient temporary options to restore access to Gardiner and Cooke City, Montana MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — During a visit to Yellowstone National Park and Gardiner, Montana, on Sunday, June 19, National Park Service Director Chuck Sams with Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly announced $50 million to kick-start recovery
High winds and rough water were factors BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Lake Mead National Recreation Area can confirm that an adult male has drowned at South Cove on Lake Mead over Father’s Day Weekend. National Park Service rangers received reports of a tri-hull vessel approximately 15 feet long taking on water over the bow due
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Jay W. Sharp The prospector – a composite of many from across the eastern half of the United States – had heard the stories from the gold fields of California early in that year of 1849. Young men, with little future in impoverished rural communities and fields in the East and the Old South, spoke
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