Grand Canyon National Park Press Releases
August 24, 2010
Rangers Respond to Single Vehicle Accident
On Monday, August 23, rangers responded to a report that a vehicle had collided with a tree on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
August 10, 2010
Rangers Free Boats Stranded at Crystal Rapid
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 9, rangers freed the second of two boats which became stranded over the weekend at Crystal Rapid on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park.
August 10, 2010
North Rim Scenic Drive CLOSURES RESCHEDULED
Scenic Drive closures planned for August 9 - 11 and August 16 - 18 were postponed and have been rescheduled for August 23 - 25 and August 30 - September 1.
August 05, 2010
Man Rescued after Falling over Edge of Grand Canyon
August 05, 2010
National Park Service and Havasupai Tribe hold ribbon cutting ceremony on new housing for Supai Camp constructed with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Under clear blue skies the National Park Service and Havasupai tribal members held a ribbon cutting ceremony today for newly constructed housing in Supai Camp located within Grand Canyon National Park.
August 05, 2010
National Park Service awards contract for the construction of new employee housing at Grand Canyon
The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded a contract in the amount of approximately $8.1 million to Watts/Weitz, a joint venture from Denver, Colorado for the construction of eight, 8-plex apartments to be constructed on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
August 02, 2010
Recovery Act provides natural gas-powered shuttle buses for Grand Canyon National Park
The National Park Service (NPS) has purchased six low-floor accessible compressed natural gas (CNG) powered transit buses to be used as part of the visitor transportation system on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
July 28, 2010
Grand Canyon Hosts World Heritage Fellow
Grand Canyon National Park recently hosted a U.S. World Heritage Fellow from the Seychelles.
July 22, 2010
Youth visit Grand Canyon National Park for Two Weeks of Inspiration
The National Park Service and its partner Grand Canyon Youth designed this pilot program to get youth into the outdoors and inspired by the unique scenery and resources of Grand Canyon National Park.
July 21, 2010
Pile Burning Planned on South Rim of Grand Canyon
July 21, 2010
Temporary Closures of North Rim's Scenic Drive Planned to Facilitate Road Improvements
In order to facilitate the safe and timely completion of pavement preservation work, it will be necessary to temporarily close the North Rim Scenic Drive on two separate occasions.
July 20, 2010
GRAND CANYON IN FOCUS
In late July 2010, 12 Arizona youth will get a once in a lifetime opportunity to explore Grand Canyon National Park with some of our country’s most enthusiastic outdoor leaders and photography professionals.
July 16, 2010
Saffron Fire Update, July 16
July 15, 2010
Body Discovered Below Moran Point Identified
A body retrieved from below Moran Point at Grand Canyon National Park on Monday, July 12 has been positively identified as that of 50 year old Kirby Porter of Mechanicsville, Virginia.
July 13, 2010
Grand Canyon National Park Welcomes Two New Division Chiefs
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin recently welcomed two new division chiefs to the park’s management team.
July 12, 2010
Body Discovered Below Moran Point in Grand Canyon National Park
July 12, 2010
Saffron Fire Update, July 12
July 10, 2010
Saffron Fire Update, July 10
Burn out operations continue in preparation for northern containment of the Saffron Fire on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
July 09, 2010
Body of young woman found below the North Rim identified
Body of young woman found below the North Rim of Grand Canyon identified
July 09, 2010
Grand Canyon to Host Alternative Break Citizenship School
On Sunday, July 10, 47 college students, from 17 states around the country will descend on Grand Canyon National Park to learn the art of facilitating an alternative break experience.
July 08, 2010
Park rangers recover body of hiker from Lava Falls Route
Grand Canyon National Park rangers located the body of a female hiker today in an area below the North Rim of Grand Canyon near the Toroweap Valley.
July 07, 2010
Saffron Fire Update
July 05, 2010
Windy Weekend Leads to Moderate Growth on the Saffron Fire
July 01, 2010
Saffron Fire Being Managed for Multiple Objectives on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
Park and forest managers have made the decision to manage the Saffron Fire for both resource and protection objectives.
June 24, 2010
Local Teacher Helps Turn Grand Canyon National Park into Area's Best Classroom
Lori Rommel will be donning a National Park Service uniform to participate in immersive learning experiences that she will turn into service-based educational programs for students in the fall.
June 17, 2010
Chip Seal Project to Occur on North and South Rims of Grand Canyon National Park this Summer
Chip seal projects are scheduled to begin at Grand Canyon National Park on both the South and North Rims. The project is being managed by, and funded through the Federal Lands Highway Program using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
June 16, 2010
Let's Move Outside: more action, new rewards for Junior Rangers
We dare you to try to keep up with the Junior Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park! It’s fun and healthy to play in the parks and now National Park Junior Rangers get an extra reward for movin’ it outside.
June 15, 2010
Exhibit Celebrating Grand Canyon's Diverse Plant Life to Open at Kolb Studio
An exhibit focusing on Grand Canyon National Park's incredibly diverse plant communities, its rare plants, and the stewardship actions that the National Park Service takes to preserve and protect the park's vegetation, opens at Kolb Studio on the South Rim Friday, July 2, 2010.
June 14, 2010
Lightning Causes Several Fire Starts on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
A thunderstorm passed over Northern Arizona late last week resulting in three lightning caused fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
June 14, 2010
Prescribed Burn Planned at Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park fire managers plan to conduct a prescribed fire on the South Rim within the next several weeks if weather and forest conditions permit.
June 14, 2010
Project to construct new RV sites on North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park to begin soon
A design/build project to construct 6 new RV sites and associated infrastructure will begin soon in the developed area on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The project will also include the demolition of 6 external frame cabins, each approximately 300 square feet in size, while formalizing the parking and walkways around the cabins.
June 11, 2010
Second Translocation of Endangered Humpback Chub to Shinumo Creek to Occur in Late June
On June 23, 2010, the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department will translocate an additional 300 juvenile humpback chub to Shinumo Creek in Grand Canyon National Park.
June 10, 2010
Grand Canyon Visitor Center Soon to Have Theater
The Grand Canyon Visitor Center will soon be getting an addition – a theater for the park's new interpretive orientation film.
June 02, 2010
Identification Made of Man Reported over the Edge at Grand Canyon
The body of a man retrieved from below the rim at Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, May 21, has been identified as 64 year old Michael McMahon of Long Beach, California.
May 27, 2010
Admission to Grand Canyon National Park Free the Weekend of June 5 and 6
Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the park on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.
May 27, 2010
Work to begin on improvements to railway tour bus staging area near the Historic Grand Canyon Depot
Construction will begin next week near the Historic Grand Canyon Depot (Depot) to improve the area where Grand Canyon Railway passengers load and unload buses for tours within Grand Canyon National Park. The project was included as part of Grand Canyon’s 2008 South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan which addressed an array of transportation strategies to promote alternative travel modes to the park, reduce congestion, and better integrate connections between parking, transit, wayfinding and trip planning.
May 21, 2010
Rangers Respond to Report of Someone over the Edge at Grand Canyon
May 13, 2010
Man Who Died of Self-inflicted Gunshot is identified
A man found deceased after park rangers and tactical team negotiators spent several hours trying to talk him out of a residence in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 51 year old Mark Twain Ferguson of Arizona.
May 13, 2010
Twentieth Annual Grand Canyon Star Party to be Held June 5 - 12, 2010
The twentieth annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 5 through Saturday, June 12, 2010 on the South and North Rims of Grand Canyon National Park.
May 12, 2010
Flagstaff Tactical Operations Team Called in to Assist Rangers in Grand Canyon National Park
No abstract supplied.
May 10, 2010
Pile Burning Planned for North Rim of Grand Canyon
Fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park are making plans to burn piles of woody debris.
May 06, 2010
Concession Contract Awarded for Guided Trail Rides on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the award of a concession contract for guided trail rides using mules at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park to Mangum Enterprises, Inc., dba Grand Canyon Trail Rides-North Rim.
May 03, 2010
Grand Canyon's Historic River Ranger Station to Get a Face Lift
Grand Canyon National Park’s historic River Ranger Station, located along the Colorado River near Phantom Ranch, will soon get a face lift.
April 27, 2010
Grand Canyon's North Rim to Open May 15 for the 2010 Summer Season
The Arizona Department of Transportation will open Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, May 15 by 7:00 a.m.
April 22, 2010
Seasonal Increase in Water Turbidity at Grand Canyon National Park
Each year in the spring (April – June) water turbidity increases in the drinking water within Grand Canyon National Park. This increased turbidity is caused by the snow melt and by the spring rains recharging the aquifer and by the increased water flows through the rock formations to the point of supply for the Grand Canyon National Park Public Water Supply System.
April 22, 2010
Grand Canyon Nation Park Announces Issuance of Commercial Use Authorization for South Rim Bicycle Rental Operations Beginning May 1
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the issuance of a commercial use authorization (CUA) for bicycle rental operations located at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center on the park’s South Rim.
April 15, 2010
Grand Canyon to Celebrate Wildlife Day on Saturday, May 1
On Saturday, May 1, 2010, Grand Canyon National Park will host its third Celebrate Wildlife Day.
April 14, 2010
Grand Canyon National Park will offer free shuttle service between the gateway community of Tusayan and the Grand Canyon Visitor Center again this year
The National Park Service (NPS) will offer a shuttle bus route between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan again this summer season. The service will be available from May 15 through September 12 and will run at 15 minute intervals between 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.
April 06, 2010
Grand Canyon to Waive Entrance Fees During National Park Week
The National Park Service will be celebrating National Park Week in Grand Canyon National Park by waiving entrance fees April 17 – 25, 2010.
March 24, 2010
Grand Canyon Achieves Milestone in Recovery of Endangered Plant
Grand Canyon National Park’s greenhouse population of sentry milk-vetch blooming in early March 2010, representing a major landmark in the park’s effort to recover its only federally-listed, endangered plant species.
March 23, 2010
Rangers Locate Two Overdue Hikers at Grand Canyon National Park
Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park successfully located two overdue hikers this afternoon. National Park Service search and rescue personnel located the hikers, Isaac Rabicoff and Michael Wu, along the Colorado River near Royal Arch, an area of the Grand Canyon west of the South Rim developed area and Hermits Rest.
March 23, 2010
Rangers in Grand Canyon National Park Search for Two Missing Men in South Bass Royal Arch Area
Grand Canyon National Park rangers are currently searching the South Bass and Royal Arch areas west of the Hermits Rest area on the park’s south rim for two overdue hikers, Isaac Rabicoff and Michael Wu, both from Kansas.
March 17, 2010
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCES PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS MULE OPERATIONS AND STOCK USE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Grand Canyon Announces Public Meeting Schedule for Mule Operations and Stock Use Environmental Assessment
March 16, 2010
National Park Service Announces Availability of Environmental Assessment for Mule Operations and Stock Use in Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Mule Operations and Stock Use in Grand Canyon National Park. The EA will be available for public review and comment for a period of 45 days, beginning March 16, 2010.
March 05, 2010
Record of Decision Signed for Grand Canyon's Fire Management Program
A Record of Decision for Grand Canyon National Park's Final Environmental Impact Statement and Assessment of Effect on the park's Fire Management Plan was signed on January 12, 2010 by Michael D. Snyder Regional Director for the Intermountain Region of the National Park Service. A Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register today.
March 04, 2010
Grand Canyon National Park hosts Third Annual Alternative Spring Break
Grand Canyon National Park will host the third annual Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program sponsored by the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in partnership with American Eagle Outfitters.
March 04, 2010
LAKE MEAD NEWS RELEASE: Pearce Ferry Road Extension Announced
The Superintendents of Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Lake Mead NRA) and Grand Canyon National Park announce the March 15th opening of the two-mile extension of the Pearce Ferry Road to the Colorado River.
March 02, 2010
Grand Canyon National Park to Host Archeology Day Saturday, March 27
On Saturday, March 27, 2010, Grand Canyon National Park will host Archeology Day in honor of "Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month."
March 01, 2010
Volunteers from Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association Team Up with NPS Staff for Rehabilitation Project
Five Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association volunteers recently joined staff from Grand Canyon National Park's Divisions of Science and Resource Management, and Visitor and Resource Protection to improve the private boaters camp at Lees Ferry in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and to protect the area's fragile riparian vegetation.
February 26, 2010
Stranded Boaters Rescued, their Boat Freed in Grand Canyon
A private boating party stranded near Crystal Rapid in Grand Canyon National Park was able to continue down the river late Thursday afternoon after being rescued by National Park Service rangers.
February 12, 2010
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION NEWS RELEASE: Abandoned Mine Lands Closure Plan and Environmental Assessment Available for Public Review and Comment
The National Park Service has released an Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Closure Plan and Environmental Assessment for projects to correct health and safety hazards associated with abandoned mines in four national park system sites in Arizona.
February 10, 2010
National Park Service Seeking Comments on Potential Changes to Concessions Operations at Grand Canyon National Park
The National Park Service (NPS) is developing an Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to analyze potential changes to concession operations at Grand Canyon National Park.
February 08, 2010
Grand Canyon Awards Contract for Phase II of Improvements Called for in Transportation Plan
The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded the contract for construction of Phase II of the improvements called for in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan to Fann Contracting, Inc. of Prescott, Arizona.
February 08, 2010
National Park Service Announces Availability of Revised Environmental Assessment for new Science and Resource Management Facility in Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin has announced that a revised environmental assessment (EA) for the construction of a new Science and Resource Management Facility in the park is now available for public review and comment.
February 01, 2010
National Park Service accepting applications for noncommercial Colorado River rafting permits for 2011 calendar year
The National Park Service is now accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park. The permits are for specific launch dates within calendar year 2011.
January 26, 2010
Grand Canyon National Park Accepting Applications for Bicycle Rental Operation Commercial Use Authorization
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced that the park will begin accepting applications for a commercial use authorization (CUA) for bicycle rental operations on Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim.
January 11, 2010
Desert View Watchtower in Grand Canyon National Park to Undergo Renovations
Desert View Watchtower, one of the most prominent architectural features on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, is slated to undergo renovations over the next several months.
January 06, 2010
Body Found Below Rim at Grand Canyon National Park
The body of a lone male has been discovered below the rim at the Abyss on Hermit Road in Grand Canyon National Park.
July 01, 2009
South Rim Fire Managers Complete Final Prescribed Burn of the Spring/Summer Season
Firefighters completed ignition of the 243 acre Moqui Prescribed Fire on Tuesday, June 23.
