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Grand Canyon visitors move to hotels outside the park after unprecedented breaks in water pipeline
Read full article: Grand Canyon visitors move to hotels outside the park after unprecedented breaks in water pipelineTourists with plans to stay at Grand Canyon National Park over Labor Day weekend were forced to move Thursday to accommodations outside the park.
What to know about the pipeline that brings water to millions of Grand Canyon goers
Read full article: What to know about the pipeline that brings water to millions of Grand Canyon goersFour significant breaks in the water pipeline that serves the Grand Canyon means visitors won’t be able to stay overnight in hotels inside Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim through the Labor Day holiday.
Grand Canyon's only water pipeline fails, prompting shutdown of overnight hotel stays
Read full article: Grand Canyon's only water pipeline fails, prompting shutdown of overnight hotel staysVisitors won’t be able to stay overnight in hotels at Grand Canyon National Park after a series of breaks in the only pipeline that serves the popular tourist destination.
Sister says hiker still missing in Grand Canyon flash flood amid intense search
Read full article: Sister says hiker still missing in Grand Canyon flash flood amid intense searchSearch and rescue crews at Grand Canyon National Park are searching for an Arizona woman nearly two days after she was swept into a creek during a flash flood.
Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power
Read full article: Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear powerThe largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work at a mine less than 10 miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down
Read full article: Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts downGates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement.
Utah and Arizona will pay to keep national parks open if federal government shutdown occurs
Read full article: Utah and Arizona will pay to keep national parks open if federal government shutdown occursArizona and Utah will keep iconic national parks in those states open if a federal government shutdown cuts off funding nationwide.
Biden will tout long-sought Grand Canyon monument designation during Arizona visit
Read full article: Biden will tout long-sought Grand Canyon monument designation during Arizona visitPresident Joe Biden will announce a new national monument to preserve land around Grand Canyon National Park and limit it from mining.
Rock fall at Grand Canyon reveals ancient animal footprints
Read full article: Rock fall at Grand Canyon reveals ancient animal footprintsThis undated photo provided by Grand Canyon National Park shows park employees Klara Widrig, left, and Anne Miller examining a rock that revealed fossilized footprints at the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. Some researchers have estimated the footprints are 313 million years old, among the earliest found at the Grand Canyon. (Grand Canyon National Park via AP)FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. It's something like a modern-day chuckwalla, side-stepping sand dunes on an island in what now is Grand Canyon National Park. Still, the paper raises interesting questions, said Mark Nebel, the paleontology program manager at the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon has talked about creating a trail-side display or flying the rock out and into a museum, which would be costlier, Nebel said.
National parks hope visitors comply with virus measures
Read full article: National parks hope visitors comply with virus measuresVisitors to Yellowstone National Park often leave common sense and situational awareness at home, as those examples in the past year show. Were out there.Other national parks that have reopened include Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina, where park officials urge visitors to arrive early at popular spots. We're expecting there to be less people on the trails than being open all day, said Grand Canyon spokesperson Lily Daniels. A lot of it is self-governance.That's not a good idea, said former Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Rob Arnberger in an opinion piece Friday in The Arizona Republic. No ones an expert at reopening national parks in a pandemic, Sholly said.