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"Experienced" Hiker Dies On Grand Canyon National Park Trail

A 74-year-old man described as an "avid and experienced hiker" collapsed and died roughly a half-mile from completing a rim-to-rim hike at Grand Canyon National Park.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - May 19th, 2025

Images Of America’s Historic National Park Lodges

Have you seen Yellowstone’s iconic Old Faithful Inn without its portico? Did you know employees at the North Rim’s Grand Canyon Lodge serenaded departing guests?

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By David and Kay Scott - May 8th, 2025

North Rim Of Grand Canyon Scheduled To Open May 15

The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is scheduled to open on Thursday, May 15 at 6 a.m. to mark the official start of the 2025 season.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - April 23rd, 2025

Some Trail News From Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park plans to reopen the Bright Angel Trail and campground beginning May 15.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - April 10th, 2025

Calling The Curious: Take A Class In Your Favorite Park This Summer

There is, near the roof of Rocky Mountain National Park, a unique landscape rarely found in the National Park System.

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By Jane Schneider - April 10th, 2025

Camping Fees Increasing At Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park camping fees will take a substantial increase on May 1, when standard frontcountry sites at Desert View, North Rim and Mather campgrounds will jump from $18 a night to $30 a night.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - April 1st, 2025

Why Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Species Are At Risk

President Trump’s zest for rapidly shrinking the government is triggering anxiety about conservation priorities that have been embedded for more than five decades in the country’s national parks and wildlife refuges.

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By Rita Beamish - March 29th, 2025

Exploring The Salamander Capital Of The World

On a recent trip to Tennessee, I lost count of how many people told me the same strange and unusual thing about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you stacked up all of the park’s salamanders against its roughly 1,900 black bears, the salamanders would weigh more. Or was it salamanders versus all of the mammals and birds, or even all the wildlife?

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By Jennifer Bain - March 20th, 2025

Cultural Demonstration Program To Begin At Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon National Park, in collaboration with Grand Canyon Conservancy, is excited to kick off the 11th season of the Cultural Demonstration Program next week.

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By NPT staff - February 16th, 2025

National Parks In Southwest Could Encounter Early Fire Season

Last summer's subpar monsoon season and a dry start to winter in the Southwest has the National Weather Service warning that there could be a "potentially significant wildfire season" in northern Arizona.

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By NPT Staff - February 8th, 2025

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