Upper Antelope Canyon Photo Tour Photos and text by Lynn Bremner The phone rang as I was packing for my vacation. It was my dad calling to tell me that a major flash flood had ripped through Page, AZ and Antelope Canyon that afternoon. The next morning I was leaving for Page, AZ and Lake Powell. […]
US Park Rangers of Capitol Reef National Park are seeking information from the public to aid in the recovery of irreplaceable paleontological resources and identify those responsible for the vandalism and theft of trace fossils. Park officials determined that sometime between August 2017 and August 2018, trace reptile track fossils dating from the Triassic period
Arches National Park, UT What is the most thrilling hike in Arches National Park? I pulled up Trip Advisor, hoping to find an answer, as I was headed there on my long awaited vacation. Fiery Furnace was ranked number two on the site, second only to the Delicate Arch hike. Interested, I read further. Fiery
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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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A fall resulted in a fatality of a climber in the Sheep Pass Area of Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Joshua Tree Search and Rescue and Riverside County deputies responded to the incident. The climber was identified as Tina Lynn Fiori, 51 year old resident of Riverside County. “Our hearts go
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BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX – At approximately 11:00 am on Wednesday April 20th, Big Bend National Park received reports of smoke near the southern edge of the Southwest Rim of the Chisos Mountains. A small crew of rangers quickly began to hike into the remote area, while the park pilot provided reconnaissance from above
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One of the most beautiful outdoor recreation areas in the greater Palm Springs region is the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. The Monument is managed by the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service. From the desert floor to the highest point at 10,834 feet, the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains offer an abundance of wildlife and
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P-100 and P-102 are the youngest to test positive for the poisons A necropsy report shows that two kittens, P-100 and P-102, discovered last November in a Thousand Oaks office complex as part of an orphaned litter of four, had residues of three different types of anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) compounds in their livers, according to
During the week of April 11th, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be surveying bighorn sheep and aoudad (Barbary sheep) in Big Bend National Park. TPWD biologists will be using a helicopter in the remote Mesa de Anguila area of the park to search for both species. There will be no lethal control of
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Fish biologists are excited to report increased numbers of one of the world’s rarest fishes. Scientists counted 175 Devils Hole pupfish, which is the most they’ve observed in a spring count in 22 years. This momentous count also marked the 50th anniversary of counting pupfish using SCUBA, dating back to April 6th, 1972. Devils Hole
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