Grand Canyon News Week of Apr 25th 2016

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Grand Canyon Shuttle Service Extended Five Weeks
The free shuttle bus service connecting the Grand Canyon’s South Rim with the town of Tusayan, Arizona, will operate for five weeks longer in 2016 than in previous years

Source:  www.explorethecanyon.com
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May 5 Prescribed Burn to be Visible from Grand Canyon Village
Several burns are scheduled for the week of May 2 in the Grand Canyon region. Smoke from a burn on Thursday, May 5, is expected to be visible from Grand Canyon Village.

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Tourism to Grand Canyon brings in $584 mil to local economies
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5.5 million visitors to Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) in 2015 spent $584 million in communities near the park.

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5 Most Extreme White Water Rafting Locations
The following is a profile of five of the most extreme whitewater rafting locations in the world, based upon past history, first-hand experience and assessed by using the American Whitewater Organization’s International Scale of River Difficulty, which classifies a Class I rapid as easy, a Class V rapid as at the expert level and a Class Vi rapid as too unpredictable and difficult.

Source: houston.cbslocal.com
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