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Grand Canyon National Park Celebrates Centennial Year At Grand Canyon And Around Arizona

With the 2019 Centennial celebration of Grand Canyon National Park on the horizon, Grand Canyon Conservancy and Grand Canyon National Park have announced a calendar of events for the year. There will be activities at the canyon as well as special presentations in cities throughout Arizona.

National Park Foundation And Subaru Of America Support Waste Reduction Efforts In National Parks

It’s the season of gratitude, and once again the National Park Foundation is thankful for support from Subaru for national parks through its annual Subaru Share the Love Event that runs through January 2. Now in its 11th year, the event has raised more than $7 million for national parks, with 2017 proceeds enabling the National Park Foundation to contribute nearly $2 million to national park waste reduction and public awareness efforts.

Wilderness Road Campground At Cumberland Gap National Historical Park To Remain Open This Winter

The Wilderness Road Campground in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Virginia will remain open this winter with loops A and B available for camping. Loop A does not have electricity while Loop B provides 20, 30 and 50 amp hook-ups. Water is centrally located at the dumping station near the campground entrance station.

Chronic Wasting Disease Detected In Grand Teton National Park

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Health Laboratory has confirmed that an adult buck mule deer from Grand Teton National Park has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The deer had been struck and killed by a vehicle and tissue samples were collected by National Park Service personnel and submitted for testing.

Aztec, Salmon, And The Puebloan Heartland

Five years ago I visited for the first time the “Puebloan Heartland,” defined in this book as the area between Mesa Verde to the north and Chaco Canyon to the south. I knew of Mesa Verde National Park and Chaco Canyon National Historical Park but was unaware that these famous Ancestral Puebloan places bounded other sites of archaeological significance. My wife suggested we visit Aztec National Monument, which puzzled me. What were the Aztecs doing way up here in northern New Mexico? Aztec turned out to be a remarkable site, and I knew I had a lot to learn.

Traveler's View | Bears Ears And Grand Staircase-Escalante Are Today's Hetch Hetchy

Early in the 20th century there was a fight over the fate of the Hetch Hetchy Valley at Yosemite National Park. Would it remain an amazing, waterfall-rimmed valley that so very well complemented the Yosemite Valley, or would it be given over to a reservoir to meet San Francisco's utilitarian needs? The battle for wildness, of course, was lost at Hetch Hetchy. Today the battle is being repeated in Utah, where wildness and sacredness at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments are being tossed aside not so much for utilitarianism as for profiteering.