This year National Public Lands Day at Grand Canyon National Park will be commemorated with more than free admission and volunteer opportunities. Park staff and friends will also be celebrating the park’s first Dia de la Familia. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news_2009-09-01_npld-dia.htm

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Grand Canyon National Park fire officials are planning to conduct a prescribed fire on the South Rim within the next two weeks if weather and forest conditions permit. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news_2009-09-28_rx.htm

The National Park Service is making plans to burn piles of woody debris on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park over the course of the next 30 days. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news_2009-10-07_nr_piles.htm

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Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin has announced that an environmental assessment for the construction of a new Science and Resource Management Facility in the park is now available for public review and comment. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news_2009-11-19_sandrm.htm

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A new exhibit is on display at Williams’ historic train depot; and the eye-catching photographs were all taken by Arizona youth.  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2009-12-18_photos.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded the contract for construction of Phase II of the improvements called for in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan to Fann Contracting, Inc. of Prescott, Arizona.  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news_2010-02-08_phase_ii.htm

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin has announced that a revised environmental assessment (EA) for the construction of a new Science and Resource Management Facility in the park is now available for public review and comment. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-announces-availability-of-revised-environmental-assessment-for-new-science-and-resource-management-facility-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

The National Park Service has released an Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Closure Plan and Environmental Assessment for projects to correct health and safety hazards associated with abandoned mines in four national park system sites in Arizona. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-02-12_mines_ea.htm

The Superintendents of Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Lake Mead NRA) and Grand Canyon National Park announce the March 15th opening of the two-mile extension of the Pearce Ferry Road to the Colorado River. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-03-04_lame.htm

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Grand Canyon National Park’s greenhouse population of sentry milk-vetch blooming in early March 2010, representing a major landmark in the park’s effort to recover its only federally-listed, endangered plant species. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-03-24_smv.htm

Fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park are making plans to burn piles of woody debris. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-05-10_nr_piles.htm

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Grand Canyon National Park fire managers plan to conduct a prescribed fire on the South Rim within the next several weeks if weather and forest conditions permit. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/14jun2010-2_news.htm

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Lori Rommel will be donning a National Park Service uniform to participate in immersive learning experiences that she will turn into service-based educational programs for students in the fall. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/24jun10_news.htm

Grand Canyon National Park rangers located the body of a female hiker today in an area below the North Rim of Grand Canyon near the Toroweap Valley. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/8jul10_news.htm

The National Park Service is making plans to burn piles of woody debris on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park within the next several days, if current weather conditions persist. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/21jul10-2_news.htm

In order to facilitate the safe and timely completion of pavement preservation work, it will be necessary to temporarily close the North Rim Scenic Drive on two separate occasions. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/21jul10_news.htm

Grand Canyon National Park fire managers plan to conduct two prescribed fires on the South Rim this week. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-09-13_rx.htm

Abandoned Mine Lands Project https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/abandoned-mine-lands-safety-projects-begin-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

Phase II of the improvements called for in the South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan/Environmental Assessment (Transportation Plan) is now substantially complete; and Mather Point and the Visitor Center plaza areas have reopened for public use. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-01-06_phaseii.htm

Reclamation Releases Environmental Assessment for Control of Non-Native Fish in the Colorado River to the Public for Review and Comment https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/reclamation-releases-environmental-assessment-for-control-of-non-native-fish-in-the-colorado-river-to-the-public-for-review-and-comment.htm

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The National Park Service (NPS) continues to work with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office to refine its search for a plane which may have gone down in Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, March 11. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-23_missing.htm

National Park Service Begins Process to Revise Backcountry Management Plan for Grand Canyon National Park https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-begins-process-to-revise-backcountry-management-plan-for-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

This spring, Fire Managers at the North Rim are planning to prescribe burn approximately 30 acres on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-28_spring-fire-mgmt.htm

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Fire Mangers in Grand Canyon National Park are making plans for the Watson Prescribed Fire on the South Rim of the park. Weather permitting, the Watson Rx will be initiated within the next 30 days. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-05-12_sr-rx.htm

Grand Canyon fire managers are making plans to initiate the Walla Valley Prescribed Fire within the next few weeks on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-05-26_walla.htm

Fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park are making plans to burn piles of woody debris within the next 30 days as weather and fuel conditions allow. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-07-11_nr-piles.htm

As weather conditions allow, South Rim fire crews will begin burning piles of woody debris in the vicinity Market Plaza and the Grand Canyon School. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-07-28_sr-piles.htm

Grand Canyon, Ariz. – The New Water Fire, on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon near Meadview, Arizona, was declared “controlled” on Friday, August 19. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-08-24_new-water.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating National Public Lands Day with fee free entry into the park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-09-14_npld.htm

Fire Mangers in Grand Canyon National Park are making plans for the Watson Prescribed Fire (Watson Rx) on the South Rim of the park. Weather permitting; the Watson Rx will be initiated within the next 30 days. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/presribed-fire-planned-at-grand-canyon-on-south-rim.htm

Beginning Nov. 7, the public will have an opportunity to attend public meetings on the development of a long-term plan that will determine the timing and volume of water flows from Glen Canyon Dam. Those flows affect hydroelectricity production, beach recreation, native fish and other river-related plants and animals, as well as archeological sites in Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/public-invited-to-open-houses-on-plan-for-glen-canyon-dam-operations.htm

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Ranger-assisted opportunities to view the eclipse will be provided on both rims; and on the South Rim, NASA scientists and amateur astronomers will share their telescopes for views of the eclipse and of the night sky afterwards. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-25_eclipse.htm

Although Grand Canyon National Park received below-average precipitation this winter, the warm spring caused vegetation in the park to thrive. Now, fine fuels are quickly drying out as winds and temperatures rise, increasing the risk of wildfire. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-24_fire.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) is now accepting comments on the development of a fisheries management plan for waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead within Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-seeking-comments-on-comprehensive-fisheries-management-plan-for-glen-canyon-and-grand-canyon.htm

Potable water is once again available at all filling stations within the Inner Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-06-06_pipeline.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) with fee free entry into the park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-09-17_npld.htm

Fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park are making plans to burn piles of woody debris over the next 30 days as weather conditions allow. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-09-21_nr-piles.htm

Man Collapses and Dies on Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/man-collapses-and-dies-on-bright-angel-trail-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

The man who collapsed and died on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon yesterday has been identified as 72 year-old David Roberts of Cleveland, Tennessee. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/man-who-collapsed-and-died-on-bright-angel-trail-in-grand-canyon-national-park-is-identified.htm

National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) fire managers, working together as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program, are making plans for the Range and Thompson Prescribed Fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Fire managers anticipate initiating these prescribed fire treatments within the next four weeks as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-10-23_range-thompson.htm