Canyon de Chelly National Monument

A Day In The Park: Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Visit Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona, and you are standing within the Navajo Nation. Canyon de Chelly is home to the Diné (Navajo for “the People”) who have lived in these canyons for almost 5,000 years. Here, you can view red rock landscape created by tectonic forces and stream cutting, hike into the canyon, or take a guided tour.

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By Rebecca Latson - February 16th, 2026

Commercial Overflights To Be Banned At Canyon De Chelly National Monument

Commercial overflights at Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona will be banned by the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration under an air tour management plan the agencies crafted.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - December 23rd, 2024

Work Underway In Congress To Help, And Possibly Hurt, National Park System

With the year-end quickly approaching, there are efforts in Congress to help, and possibly hurt, the National Park Service.

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December 18th, 2023

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Catch The Annular Eclipse At Big Thicket National Preserve

Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas is one of the National Park System units in the path of the annular solar eclipse next month and park staff are offering solar-filtered telescopes and eclipse glasses for safe viewing, ranger programs, and a sneak peek at the preserve's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2024.

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September 27th, 2023

The Other Side Of The National Park System

One of the most incredible experiences I've had in the National Park System was being able to watch the total solar eclipse of 2017 at Grand Teton National Park.

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April 10th, 2023

UPDATE | National Park Service Broadens Tribal Involvement In Stewardship Of Parks

The National Park Service is moving to strengthen "the role of American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, Alaska Natives entities, and the Native Hawaiian Community in federal land management," a development that Park Service Director Chuck Sams said "will help ensure tribal governments have an equal voice in the planning and management" of the park system.

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September 14th, 2022

Tribal Associations Seek To Broaden History Of America's Best Idea

Associations and partnerships developing between the National Park Service and Indigenous people bring new voices to the story of the lands the parks occupy.

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By Eric Jay Toll - August 28th, 2022

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Group Says National Park Service Will Miss Deadlines For Air Tour Plans

National parks across the country continue to lag behind a court-ordered schedule to complete air-tour management plans and are failing to conduct environmentally required studies as they develop those plans, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

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July 26th, 2022

National Park Service, FAA Ordered To Explain Delays With Air Tour Plans

A federal appellate court has given the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration until late July to explain why they are so behind in crafting air-tour management plans for many units of the National Park System.

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June 28th, 2022

FAA, NPS Running Behind On Finalizing Air Tour Management Plans For Parks

Despite more than two decades to get the task accomplished, and almost two years after a federal judge ordered the Federal Aviation Administration and National Park Service to get the job done by this summer, air tour management plans for eight national parks will not be completed on schedule, according to court documents filed by the two agencies.

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March 10th, 2022

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