Tia Jones is a long time contributor for the Grand Canyon Visitor Center website. She is active outdoors and absolutely loves the Grand Canyon.
Arrest revives animal-abuse concerns on Havasupai Reservation in … The recent arrest of a man in charge of a pack animal on the Havasupai Reservation has revived concerns of animal abuse in the remote southwestern reaches of the Grand Canyon. Source: www.azcentral.com Get the Full Source Grand Canyon Park To Demolish North Rim Camping Yurt […]
National Park Service showed that its bottled water ban worked Long before the Trump administration rescinded a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles in select national parks, the Interior Department was aware of a report from the National Park Service that the program worke Source: www.washingtonpost.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon celebrates […]
THE TESLA ROAD TRIP We try to see the Grand Canyon but there’s not a Supercharger station in sight Source: www.businessinsert.com Get the Full Story Man who hiked 800 miles through Grand Canyon to speak at KiMo Theatre An Arizona man is one of only two dozen people who can say they’ve completed the 800-mile […]
Jaguar Seen on Video Roaming AZ Wilderness Is 1 of Only 3 Spotted in US Wildlife conservationists released new video footage on Thursday of a wild jaguar trekking through southern Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains. Source: www.ktla.com Get the Full Story Phantom Ranch reservations: Online lottery replaces call-in system The days of to get through on jammed […]
Invasion of the butt flickers When tourists toss their spent cigarettes at the Grand Canyon, I’m the one who picks them up. Source: www.hcn.com Get the Full Story National Park Service To Begin Reducing Bison Herd At Grand Canyon The National Park Service will begin reducing the number of bison at the Grand Canyon National […]
Night hiking: Beating the heat in Grand Canyon Below the Tapeats on the South Kaibab Trail is a great place to stop and rest that we call “Big Shady.” Source: www.azdailysun.com Get the Full Story Business leaders want endangered wolves in Grand Canyon area More than 60 business leaders have urged the federal government to […]
Teen hikers rescued after 5 days lost in Grand Canyon Two 18-year-olds from Florida who went hiking in the Grand Canyon as a final summer exploit before heading to college got more of an adventure than they had bargained for. Source: www.abc25.com Get the Full Story ‘I Nearly Died Hiking In The Grand Canyon—And It […]
Sun takes center stage at Grand Canyon When the moon passes in front of the sun on the morning of Aug. 21, it will be the first time a total solar eclipse has passed across the entire length of the United States since 1918. Source: www.grandcanyonnews.com Get the Full Story National Park Service ends ban […]
Al Roker took 3 NYC kids to the Grand Canyon and their reaction Al Roker has been to the Grand Canyon several times, and every visit still takes his breath away. That’s the feeling he wanted to share with three promising young students attending school in his New York childhood neighborhood. Source: www.today.com Get the […]
Senior Pass price hike not as unreasonable as it seems Get your lifetime senior pass for the national parks and federal recreational areas by Aug. 28, or it’ll cost eight times as much, headlines have blared through the summer months. Source: www.nrtoday.com Get the Full Story Girls hike Grand Canyon rim to rim with grandma […]
The $10 Lifetime National Park Pass for Seniors Is About to Get a Lot More Expensive For just $10, older Americans have been able to access all of the country’s national parks for the rest of their lives. Source: www.time.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon National Park Plans to Bring Back River Unit The […]
Christian geologist wins battle to study Grand Canyon rocks An Australian geologist and Christian creationist has prevailed in his battle to study rocks from the Grand Canyon as part of an effort to prove that the biblical Great Flood was real. Source: www.nypost.com Get the Full Story These Grand Canyon photos, time-lapse will make you […]
New recovery plan has no wolves on North Rim After repeated failures over decades, U.S. wildlife officials have finally drafted a recovery plan for endangered wolves that once roamed parts of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Source: www.azdailysun.com Get the Full Story All Monuments Deserve Our Support The importance of America’s public lands, including […]
Apple celebrates America’s national parks this July Apple today introduced new ways customers can enjoy and support America’s national parks next month. Source: www.apple.com Get the Full Story Out of space: Historic Grand Canyon cemetery closing to new burials National Park Service officials say a historic cemetery at the Grand Canyon is closed to new […]
Sorry Grand Canyon, this cave was just named Arizona’s best attraction It may be one of the natural wonders of the world, but when it comes to being Arizona’s best tourist attraction — the Grand Canyon comes in seventh place. At least, according to the people who voted in USA TODAY’s 10Best list. Source: www.12news.com […]
Rescuers save fallen climber in Grand Canyon National Park Authorities say they rescued a solo climber in Grand Canyon National Park after he fell about 200 feet while looking for future climbing locations. Source: www.azcentral.com Get the Full StoryFire Closes Highway To The Grand Canyon A stretch of Highway 180 between Flagstaff and Grand Canyon […]
Students take photo of the Grand Canyon from space The Sally Ride EarthKAM took a photo of the Grand Canyon from the International Space Station. Source: www.khon2.com Get the Full Story Local artist’s coloring book picked up by Grand Canyon Local artist and poet Christine Sutherland’s Grand Canyon Classy Coloring Book arrived at visitors’ centers […]
Snapchat introduces custom Stories for capturing group moments with friends It can also be used to capture a bunch of models riding their horses around the floor of the Grand Canyon, as in the promotional video Snap made for this launch.) Source: www.theverge.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon Star Party returns to the rim […]
This Time-Lapse Video Of The Grand Canyon Will Leave You Speechless The Grand Canyon is spectacular on a normal day but the time-lapse video recently released by the Skyglow project is magnificent. Source: www.forbes.com Get the Full Story Eye in the sky: fire crews deploy drones to combat wildfires High-flying tech helps fire crews safely […]
National monuments face uncertain futures after Trump orders DOI review With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump charged the Interior Department with the task of reviewing nearly 30 national monuments designated by three presidents over the past 20 years. Source: www.grandcanyonnews.com Get the Full Story Park Officials Looking to Reduce Grand Canyon Bison […]
Interior department to review 4 national monuments in Arizona Four sites in Arizona are among 27 across the country identified for review by the Interior Department for possible changes to their protections. Source: www.tuscon.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon National Park Starts Hauling Water to North Rim as Pipeline Repairs Continue Grand Canyon National […]
Grand Canyon Visitor Center has re-launcheded the Almost Famous Project that is all about putting You in the spotlight. Simply answer a few travel-related questions and be featured on the internationally famous Visitor Center site! Here’s your opportunity to share your Grand Canyon travel story and earn a link on the Nat Geo’s Explore the […]
Drones used for first time in search for hikers at Grand Canyon The desperate effort this week to find two hikers who disappeared at the bottom of the Grand Canyon represented the National Park Service’s most extensive use yet of drones in a search-and-rescue mission. Source: www.sltrib.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon tram fails […]
There’s a new niche for drones in Grand Canyon National Park: search and rescue. A search effort has been underway for two hikers since they were swept into a Colorado River tributary on April 19th: Lou Ann Merrell, wife of the Merrell hiking boot company’s founder, and her 14-year-old step-grandson, Jackson Standefer. When traditional searching […]
Erik Weihenmayer has never been one to back down from a challenge, nor to let anyone or anything but himself determine his limits. He’s climbed not only Mount Everest, but the six next-highest mountains in the world as well, known collectively as the seven summits. You might even say that he did it with his […]
The most dangerous selfies ever taken, from the Grand Canyon After a woman plummeted 60ft from California’s highest bridge while taking a selfie, The Independent rounds up the most extreme photos ever taken Source: www.dependent.co.uk Get the Full Story Biologists’ research leads to withdrawal of two fish from ‘endangered’ classification The U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]
Beyoncé Reminds Us All Why the Grand Canyon Is One of America’s Best Travel Destinations Beyoncé shared a series of images of the couple’s trip to the Grand Canyon. Source: www.vogue.com Get the Full Story Colorado River Trail in Grand Canyon Reopens to Foot Traffic The Colorado River Trail in Grand Canyon National Park is […]
For 24-year-old college student Amber Vanhecke, what began as a spring break road trip soon became an arduous struggle for survival. The University of North Texas student left Denton on March 10th, Arizona-bound and looking forward to touring the Grand Canyon. 48 hours into her journey, she entered “Havasu Falls Trail Head” as her GPS […]
Woman who survived 5 days alone near the Grand Canyon reunites with first responders who rescued her Amber VanHecke, a 24-year-old college student from Denton, Texas, was sightseeing by herself near the southern rim of the Grand Canyon when her GPS instructed her to make a wrong tur Source: www.abcnews.com Get the Full Story Many […]
Texas student stranded at Grand Canyon reveals ‘dumb’ decision she made A North Texas college student stranded near the Grand Canyon for five days shared with FOX4 the remarkable story of how she survived. Source: www.foxnews.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon Closing Area for Work for Rockslide Damage Grand Canyon visitors will face daily […]
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