Grand Canyon National Park recently completed installation of new interpretive and orientation exhibits at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center located near Mather Point on the South Rim. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-23_exhibits.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

On Friday, May 18, 2012, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate Endangered Species Day in recognition of the national conservation effort to protect our nation’s endangered species and their habitats. Then, on Saturday, May 19, the celebration will continue as the park hosts its 5th annual Celebrate Wildlife Day. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-25_cwd-esd.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

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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

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Grand Canyon National Park concessioner Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C. was recently awarded the National Park Service Director's Environmental Achievement Award in the Building Our Future category. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-05-xanterra-award.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

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

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

US Forest Service and National Park Service fire crews are responding to the Grand Fire on the Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-06-12_grand.htm

Fire crews continue to make progress on the Grand Fire, which is now 481 acres with 70 percent containment. The change in acreage is not from additional growth; it is the result of a more precise assessment of the total acreage. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-06-13_grand-a.htm

Fire crews continue working towards containment of the Grand Fire and estimate the current size at 446 acres with 50 percent containment. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-06-13_grand.htm

The Grand Fire, burning on both the Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park, experienced no growth today and remains at about 480 acres in size. Containment is now at 90 percent. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-06-14_grand.htm

Grand Canyon National Park rangers will be implementing enhanced patrols, including random safety and sobriety checkpoints, during Fourth of July week in an effort to assure the safety of park visitors and residents. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-06-29_checkpts.htm

At approximately, 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report that an older woman had fallen over the edge at Grandview Point, located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, and that she was not responding to people calling down to her. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-07-19_over-edge.htm

A woman who died in a fall from the South Rim’s Grandview Trail in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 68-year old Rosa Torres Rios of Nogales, Arizona. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-07-23_ident.htm

Fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will be managing two lightning-caused fires for multiple objectives. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-08-09_nr-fires.htm

A review of the 2007-2011 period of the California condor reintroduction program in northern Arizona and southern Utah is complete. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-08-27_condors.htm

On Wednesday, September 12, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate the completion of several new park facilities intended to promote healthy outdoor activity in the park and to increase visitor access to the South Rim by means other than automobile. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-08-30_ribbon-cutting.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

On Friday, August 31, after approximately four weeks of investigation, Grand Canyon National Park rangers arrested 42-year old Brian Thompson of Cottonwood, Arizona, for conducting commercial operations in a national park without a permit. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-09-21_arrest.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

Grand Canyon National Park invites the public to join in its celebration of Earth Science Week (ESW) and National Fossil Day during the week of October 14 – 20, 2012. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/earth-science-week-to-be-celebrated-at-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

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Grand Canyon National Park's interpretive orientation film, Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder, which debuted on April 18, 2011, recently won two prestigious awards: the National Association of Interpretation (NAI) First Place Award for Interpretive Media in the Long Video category and an Aurora Platinum Best of Show Award in the Nature / Environment category. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-10-18_awards.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

In honor of those that serve and have served in the United States military, national park units around the country, including Grand Canyon National Park, will be offering everyone fee-free entry during the Veterans Day weekend. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-11-02_vets-day.htm

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National Park Service will hold a ribbon cutting ceremeony on January 15 to dedicate new Science and Resource Management building at Grand Canyon. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-to-dedicate-new-science-and-resource-management-building-at-grand-canyon.htm

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Twenty-one year old Kaitlin Kenney of Englewood, Colorado remains missing in Grand Canyon National Park; and an extensive search by the National Park Service has turned up no additional clues as to her whereabouts. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-01-15_search.htm

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga recently announced that Diane Chalfant, currently, the NPS Deputy Associate Director, Interpretation and Education, has been selected as the park’s new Deputy Superintendent. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-02-07_deputy.htm

Grand Canyon National Park’s Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program is now accepting artist applications for the upcoming North and South Rim AiR seasons https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-02-08_air-app.htm

Recently, Grand Canyon National Park unveiled its new, high tech, Virtual Studio for Kids. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-02-12-virtual-studio.htm

Last night, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation presented Grand Canyon's Chief of Emergency Services Brandon Torres with the 2012 Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-02-22_yount.htm

The National Park Service and Great Arizona Puppet Theater are proud to again present Canyon Condor, a fun and educational puppet show. Free performances will be offered daily, March 11 – 16, at 1 p.m. in the Shrine of the Ages Auditorium on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-03-04_puppet.htm

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On, Friday, February 22, Grand Canyon National Park and special guest Darryl Haley kicked off a weekend celebration of Black History Month and Healthy Parks Healthy People. This groundbreaking event was a part of the Grand Canyon Diversity Council’s effort to increase diversity and inclusivity in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-03-14_haley.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day with a weekend of activities April 19 – 21, 2013. The weekend will include a film about conservationist Aldo Leopold, a keynote presentation by author Mary Ellen Hannibal, and a day of fun and educational activities. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-03-22_earth-day.htm

The body of a woman recovered from the Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park on March 22 has been identified as that of Kaitlin Anne Kenney. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-04-01_kenney-ident.htm

Each year in the spring (April – June) water turbidity increases in the drinking water within Grand Canyon National Park. This increased turbidity is caused by snow melt and spring rains recharging the aquifer, as well as by increased water flows through rock formations to the point of supply for Grand Canyon National Park's water supply system supplied from Roaring Springs. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/annual-turbidity-in-water-caused-by-spring-snow-melt-at-grand-canyon.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will kick off National Park Week with a weekend of Earth Day activities and then will join national park units around the country in waiving entrance fees on April 22 – 26, 2013. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-11_np-week.htm

Grand Canyon to Celebrate Wildlife Day https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/public-invited-to-grand-canyons-celebrate-wildlife-day-events.htm

The park commemorated the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day with a weekend of activities April 19 – 21, 2013. The weekend included a film about conservationist Aldo Leopold, a keynote presentation by author Mary Ellen Hannibal, and a day of fun and educational activities all centered on celebrating and protecting the Earth. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-celebrates-earth-day-with-a-weekend-full-of-activities.htm