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National Park Service Announces Availability of Revised Environmental Assessment for new Science and Resource Management Facility in Grand Canyon National Park

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




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Grand Canyon National Park to Host Archeology Day Saturday, March 27

On Saturday, March 27, 2010, Grand Canyon National Park will host Archeology Day in honor of "Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month." https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-03-02_arch_day.htm




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Record of Decision Signed for Grand Canyon's Fire Management Program

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-03-05_fmp_rod.htm




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Grand Canyon to Celebrate Wildlife Day on Saturday, May 1

On Saturday, May 1, 2010, Grand Canyon National Park will host its third Celebrate Wildlife Day.  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-04-14_cwd.htm




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Grand Canyon Nation Park Announces Issuance of Commercial Use Authorization for South Rim Bicycle Rental Operations Beginning May 1

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the issuance of a commercial use authorization (CUA) for bicycle rental operations located at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center on the park’s South Rim.  https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-nation-park-announces-issuance-of-commercial-use-authorization-for-south-rim-bicycle-rental-operations-beginning-may-1.htm




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Grand Canyon's North Rim to Open May 15 for the 2010 Summer Season

The Arizona Department of Transportation will open Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, May 15 by 7:00 a.m. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-04-27_nr.htm




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Man Who Died of Self-inflicted Gunshot is identified

A man found deceased after park rangers and tactical team negotiators spent several hours trying to talk him out of a residence in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 51 year old Mark Twain Ferguson of Arizona. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-05-13_ident.htm




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Saffron Fire Being Managed for Multiple Objectives on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

Park and forest managers have made the decision to manage the Saffron Fire for both resource and protection objectives. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/1jul10_news.htm




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Body of young woman found below the North Rim identified

Body of young woman found below the North Rim of Grand Canyon identified https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/09jul10-2_news.htm




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Man Rescued after Falling over Edge of Grand Canyon

At approximately 2:45 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report that a man had fallen over the edge near Mather Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/5aug10-3_news.htm




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Man Who Died in Single-Vehicle Accident Identified

The man killed in a single-vehicle accident on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on August 23, has been identified. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-08-27-identified.htm




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Man falls to his death in Grand Canyon – two women hit by lightning on Friday

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/4oct10-news.htm




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Manual Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects to Begin at Grand Canyon

In accordance with Grand Canyon National Park's 2010 Fire Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement, park fire managers will begin to expand the use of non-fire treatments to reduce hazardous fuels in the park's wildland-urban interface. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-12-09_thinning.htm




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Improved Mather Point and Visitor Center Plaza Areas Now Open to Public

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




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Reclamation Release

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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Woman Who Died in Fall at Grand Canyon Identified

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-02-17_id.htm




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Grand Canyon National Park to Host Archeology Day Saturday, March 19

On Saturday, March 19, 2011, Grand Canyon National Park will host Archeology Day in honor of “Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month.” https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-02-28_arch_day.htm




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Manual Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects to Continue at Grand Canyon

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-31_thinning.htm




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Grand Canyon’s North Rim to Open May 15 for the 2011 Summer Season

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-06_nr.htm




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Man Who Fled Rangers Rescued from Below Rim in Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-22_over-edge.htm




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National Park Service Begins Process to Revise Backcountry Management Plan for Grand Canyon National Park

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




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Spring Fire Management Activities Planned for Grand Canyon’s North Rim

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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Park Rangers Identify Woman Who Suffered Fatal Injuries in Fall

A woman who suffered fatal injuries in a fall in Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday, April 28, has been identified. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-05-03_fatality.htm




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National Park Service to hold open house public meetings on revision of Grand Canyon National Park's Backcountry Management Plan

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news-5may2011.htm




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Behind the Scenes – Grand Canyon Science and Resource Management staff to host Public Open House

Grand Canyon National Park’s Division of Science and Resource Management will host a public open house on June 8th at Park Headquarters in the courtyard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news25may2011.htm




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North Rim fire managers making plans to initiate the Walla Valley Prescribed Fire

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




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Grand Canyon to celebrate improvements to Mather Point and Grand Canyon Visitor Center area

On Wednesday, June 15, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate the completion of two years of improvements to the Mather Point and Grand Canyon Visitor Center area. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-05-26_mather.htm




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Firefighters respond to two human-caused fires in Grand Canyon National Park

On Tuesday, June 7, Grand Canyon firefighters responded to two separate human-caused fires in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-08_fire.htm




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Bigfork High School Cave Club Completes Inventory and Impact Mapping of Caves in Grand Canyon National Park

In April 2011, five students from Bigfork High School Cave Club (Bigfork, MT) and their sponsor spent a week with Grand Canyon National Park Hydrologist and Cave Resources Manager, Steve Rice, conducting cave resource inventories, impact analysis, and repeat photography of several backcountry cave sites. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/bigfork-high-school-cave-club-completes-inventory-and-impact-mapping-of-caves-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm




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South Carolina man dies in Colorado River

Park Rangers from Grand Canyon National Park recovered the body of 39 year-old James J. Waring Jr., of Lexington, South Carolina yesterday following a boating accident on the Colorado River. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/south-carolina-man-dies-in-colorado-river.htm




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New Location Awaits Science and Resource Management Facility in Grand Canyon

The National Park Service (NPS) will break ground on a new facility for Grand Canyon National Park’s science and resource management staff later this year. The new facility will be constructed just south and east of the park headquarters building, located near Market Plaza. The site, which is currently vacant, was once the location of the park gas station. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/new-location-awaits-science-and-resource-management-facility-in-grand-canyon.htm




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Grand Canyon Fire Managers to Continue Thinning Projects to Reduce Hazardous Fuels

Fire managers are making plans to implement their spring thinning projects within the next few weeks, weather permitting. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-07-05_thinning.htm




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Behind the Scenes -- Science and Resource Management staff to host Public Open House in the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park’s Division of Science and Resource Management will host a public open house on July 25 in the Grand Canyon Lodge Auditorium on the North Rim from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/behind-the-scenes-science-and-resource-management-staff-to-host-public-open-house-in-the-grand-canyon-lodge-on-the-north-rim-of-grand-canyon-national-park.htm




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Man Rescued from Below Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-07-25_fall.htm




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South Rim Fire Managers to Implement Final Phase of Market Plaza and School Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects

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




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Lower Fire to be Managed for Multiple Objectives on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon

National Park Service and US Forest Service fire managers on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon have decided to manage the Lower Fire for multiple objectives within both Grand Canyon National Park and the Tusayan District of the Kaibab National Forest. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-08-26_lower.htm




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Investigators Seek Information on Possible Child Abuse in Grand Canyon National Park

National Park Service investigators are seeking information on two separate incidents of possible child abuse in Grand Canyon National Park, both involving the same family. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-09-02_carlson.htm




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Fire Management Staff to Resume Pile Burning at the Grand Canyon

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-09-15_piles.htm




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Kansas Man Dies In Colorado River

Yesterday at approximately 1:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center, located within Grand Canyon National Park, received a call from a private river runner via satellite phone reporting a fatality on the Colorado River near Lava Falls. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/kansas-man-dies-in-colorado-river.htm




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Man Who Died at North Rim’s Cape Royal Trailhead Identified

A man whose body was found next to his car at the Cape Royal Trailhead on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as Donald Haney of Cherokee Village, Arkansas. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-10-04_nr-ident.htm




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Many Facilities on Grand Canyon’s North Rim to Close for Season on October 15

The staff on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will begin to shut down most visitor services and facilities on Saturday, October 15; but the North Rim will remain open to visitors through November 27 or until snow closes Highway 67 leading into the park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-10-07_nr-soft-closure.htm




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Fire Managers Are Making Plans for the Range Prescribed Fire on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-10-27_range.htm




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Grand Canyon National Park to Waive Entrance Fees for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Weekend

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-12-30_mlk.htm




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Repair and Maintenance to Temporarily Close Ribbon Falls Bridge

Grand Canyon National Park’s Trail Crew will soon begin repairs to the bridge across Bright Angel Creek on the Ribbon Falls spur trail in the Inner Canyon. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-01-31_bridge.htm




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Grand Canyon National Park to Host Archeology Day on March 24

On Saturday, March 24, 2012, Grand Canyon National Park will host its 5th annual Archeology Day in honor of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-02-24_arch-day.htm




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Department of the Interior to Present Summary of

The public is invited to participate in web-based presentations, to be held on March 27 that will summarize public comments on the scope of the Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement for Glen Canyon Dam operations. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/department-of-the-interior-to-present-summary-of-public-input-received-on-a-long-term-plan-for-glen-canyon-dam-operations.htm




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Grand Canyon’s North Rim to Open May 15 for the 2012 Summer Season

With the opening of Highway 67 on Tuesday, May 15, the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will open for the 2012 summer season. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-12_nr.htm




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Grand Canyon Rangers Seek Public’s Assistance Locating Missing Man

Rangers in Grand Canyon National Park are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 47-year old Shaw Joseph Ostermann of Tempe, Arizona. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-17_missing.htm




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Grand Canyon Rangers Recover Body of Missing Man

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-27_recovery.htm




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Rangers Retrieve Woman’s Body from below Rim

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-27_boey.htm