Grand Canyon News Week of Feb 6th 2017

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Caught on video: Utah man survives 90-foot fall in Grand Canyon
Nick Smith from “Seldom Seen Adventures” fell in Soap Creek Canyon in the Grand Canyon.

Source:  www.fox13now.com
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Grand Canyon National Park 2017 annual passes available
Online lottery for 2018 non-commercial river trips available until Feb. 22

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http://www.grandcanyonnews.com/news/2017/feb/07/grand-canyon-national-park-2017-annual-passes-avai/

Vote to help us name our Grand Canyon mule
Help name one of them. Vote for your favorite name from the 10 finalists below, and the winning name will be given to a female mule

Source:  www.usatoday.com
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Alt NPS to Trump: you can’t shut down the internet
Since the announcement of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, scientists, environmentalists and activists have joined forces to bemoan what they consider to be an administration with a troubling disregard for the environment.

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As wildfire season looms, firefighters exempt from federal hiring freeze
Worried that President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal hiring might include firefighters during wildfire season, some Arizona lawmakers wrote to federal agencies this week to make sure firefighters would be exempt.

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