Author Archives: Grand Canyon National Park News
A Guide to Outdoors Recreation
Tucson Post Friday 4th February, 2011 The national parks of Arizona offer a tremendous amount of diversity and majesty to their visitors.
Transcript on the Road
Concord resident Landon “Landy” Doub traveled with a group of travelers to the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona last summer.
NPS seeks to restore serenity in airspace above Grand Canyon National Park
The National Park Service in a draft Environmental Impact Statement released today is seeking to tackle the impact of aircraft noise on park resources and the park visitor experience.
National Park Service Accepting Applications for Noncommercial…
The National Park Service is now accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park.
Playing on the Kaibab Plateau
Wild and remote, Arizona’s Kaibab Plateau is paradise for lovers of the great outdoors.
Budgeting At Grand Canyon National Park Is Not Always As Simple As You Might Think
In a park with many uses — mule rides, backpacking, river running — budgeting to meet needs at Grand Canyon National Park is not always easy or simple.
Moran Painting Brings Grand Canyon to Fort Worth, Texas
Thomas Moran painting of Grand Canyon on view through May 31, 2011, at Sid Richardson Museum featuring one of the nation’s most significant private collections of Remington and Russell paintings of the Old West amassed by legendary Texas oilman and philanthropist Sid W. Richardson Fort Worth, Texas January 27, 2011 Sid Richardson Museum in Sundance …
Unplugged: A low-tech trek ‘in the heart of the earth’
Mule riders make the turn at aptly named Jesus Corner before making another steep descent through a series of switchbacks dubbed the Devil’s Corkscrew.
Grand Canyon Railway to Apply Herbicide within Grand Canyon National Park
On February 7 – 9, 2011, Grand Canyon Railway, in consultation with the National Park Service , will be applying herbicide along their railroad tracks including those within Grand Canyon National Park.
BuRec Issues Draft Environmental Assessment Looking At High-Flow Releases From Glen Canyon Dam
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials have released a draft Environmental Assessment that outlines a protocol for high-flow releases of the Colorado River from Glen Canyon Dam and through Grand Canyon National Park.