At approximately 2:00 this afternoon, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call from a park visitor reporting a man over the edge below Lookout Studio on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/park-rangers-recovering-body-from-below-the-rim-at-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

Grand Canyon to Celebrate Birth of the National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-08-22_founders.htm

Mid-morning on Sunday, August 28, a ranger at the Mather Campground on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park received a report of a hiker possibly in distress on the Tanner Trail. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-08-29_distressed-hiker.htm

At approximately 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, August 31, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center began receiving reports of a vehicle hitting a rock wall on the canyon rim between Thunderbird and Kachina Lodges in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-08-31_car-v-wall.htm

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

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

The body of a man discovered near Tanner Beach in Grand Canyon National Park on Sunday, August 28, has been identified as that of 52-year old Stephen Norman O’Keeffe from Flagstaff, AZ. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/body-discovered-near-tanner-beach-in-grand-canyon-national-park-identified.htm

- Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate Earth Science Week and National Fossil Day by offering a variety of special programs and events during the week of October 9 – 15, 2011. Earth Science Week promotes understanding and appreciation of the value of earth science research and its applications and relevance to our daily lives. Grand Canyon National Park is an ideal place to celebrate Earth Science Week, as the park is a natural classroom and laboratory for the earth sciences, and is one of the world’s most well known and most scenic geologic landscapes. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-national-park-to-celebrate-earth-science-week.htm

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The bodies of three people found inside of a recreational vehicle that burned at the South Entrance to Grand Canyon National Park have been identified as those of Anthony Dehaven and his two juvenile children. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-10-13_rv-fatalities.htm

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Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga has announced the availability of a new business opportunity in the park to provide bicycle rentals, guided bike tours, and “grab and go” food service at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center plaza on the South Rim. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-10-29_bikes.htm

On, Wednesday, November 16, Grand Canyon National Park will be celebrating National Native American Heritage Month with a day of special presentations and demonstrations. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-11-03_nnahm.htm

Status of three wild-hatched condor chicks in Arizona: one fledged, one still in nest, one found dead https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-11-10_condors.htm

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NPS employees receive StormReady award https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-now-recognized-as-stormready-national-park.htm

A body found below Navajo Bridge on November 17,2011 has been identified. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-12-12_ident.htm

Sobriety safety checkpoints will be set up within Grand Canyon National Park this holiday season in an effort to assure the safety of park visitors and residents. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-12-21_checkpoints.htm

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On December 28, during the peak of the holiday season, a sobriety safety checkpoint was conducted in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-01-10_checkpoint.htm

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A body found near Yaki Point in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as that of 41 year-old Peter Reichner of Glenside, Pennsylvania. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-01-19_body-ident.htm

On February 7, 2012, Grand Canyon Railway, in consultation with the National Park Service (NPS), will be applying herbicide along their railroad tracks including those within Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-01-24_herbicide.htm

Grand Canyon National Park's Division of Science and Resource Management will once again be presenting monthly community lectures in Flagstaff, Arizona in collaboration with the Grand Canyon Association and Northern Arizona University's Cline Library. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-01-26_conversations.htm

In honor of the historic event of Arizona's centennial, Grand Canyon National Park will offer fee-free entry on Tuesday, February 14. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-01-31_centennial.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will eliminate the in-park sale of water packaged in individual disposable containers within 30 days under a plan approved today by National Park Service (NPS) Intermountain Regional (IMR) Director John Wessels. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-02-06_water-bottles.htm

Grand Canyon National Park concessioner Grand Canyon Railway (owned and operated by Xanterra Parks and Resorts) was recently awarded the National Park Service's Environmental Achievement Award in the Lean, Clean and Green category. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-02-21_ea-award.htm

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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A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that almost 4.4 million visitors spent more than $415 million in Grand Canyon National Park and in gateway regions around the park in 2010. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-02-28_economics.htm

Grand Canyon National Park hosted a group of students from the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) as part of an Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program. The event took place at Lees Ferry, which is jointly managed by Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, from March 12-15, 2012. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-national-park-hosts-alternative-spring-break-at-lees-ferry.htm

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent David V. Uberuaga today announced the award of a concession contract for a "grab and go" food service and bicycle rental operations located at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-announces-award-of-new-contract-for-grab-and-go-food-service-and-bicycle-rental-operation.htm

On Sunday, April 22, 2012, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day with demonstrations, games, and much more. Grand Canyon’s Earth Day festivities will kick off National Park Week in the park; and like national park units around the country, Grand Canyon will recognize National Park Week by waiving entrance fees April 21 – 29, 2012. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-03-05_earthday-npweek.htm

Grand Canyon National’s Park is proud to announce the return of Grand Canyon Active Trails. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-17_activetrails.htm

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

Starting in May and continuing through September, the National Park Service will be applying herbicide to targeted, high priority, invasive plant species as part of an ongoing invasive plant management program in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-24_herbicide.htm

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

Each year in the spring, Grand Canyon National Park experiences an increase in turbidity in the drinking water. This increased turbidity is caused by snow melt, spring rains recharging the aquifer and increased water flows through the rock formations to Roaring Springs.. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-30_turbidity.htm

The National Park Service will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan, Arizona in 2012. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-04_shuttle.htm

On May 13th, the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will translocate wild juvenile humpback chub to Havasu Creek below Beaver Falls in Grand Canyon National Park. This translocation of humpback chub to Havasu Creek will be the second of three planned experimental releases. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/second-translocation-of-endangered-humpback-chub-to-havasu-creek-in-grand-canyon-national-park-to-occur-on-may-13.htm

On the afternoon of June 5, 2012, there will be public telescope viewing of a rare Transit of Venus at the South Rim’s Grand Canyon Visitor Center. Then, from Saturday, June 16 through Saturday, June 23, the twenty-second annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held on both the South and North Rims of the park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-15_astronomy.htm

On Saturday, May 19, 2012 – Armed Forces Day – the National Park Service will begin issuing an annual pass offering free entrance to all 397 national parks for active duty military members and their dependents. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-16_military.htm

Grand Canyon National Park recently received a Clean Air Champion Award from the Arizona Clean Cities Coalitions. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-24_cleanairaward.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

Grand Canyon National Park rangers will be setting up sobriety safety checkpoints, over the Memorial Day weekend, in an effort to assure the safety of park visitors and residents. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-national-park-taking-steps-to-ensure-public-safety-over-the-memorial-day-weekend.htm

Due to a pipeline break in the inner canyon near Phantom Ranch in Grand Canyon National Park, rangers are advising hikers to be prepared to access and treat or filter creek water below Supai Tunnel and above Phantom Ranch on the North Kaibab Trail. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/pipeline-break-in-grand-canyon-inner-canyon-hikers-should-be-prepared-to-treat-and-filter-creek-water.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in offering fee free entry to the park on Saturday, June 9, in honor of National Get Outdoors Day. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-29_fee-free.htm