grand canyon national park
Posted Apr 1, 2020, 11:39 am
MacKinley Lutes-Adlhoch
/Cronkite News
Arizona lawmakers joined local and tribal officials Tuesday calling on the Interior Department to reverse its “reckless” decision to keep Grand Canyon National Park open during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 20, 2020, 3:42 pm
Joshua Gerard Gargiulo
/Cronkite News
Grand Canyon National Park is still open, but the same cannot be said for lodging and food services in the park that will be shuttered for the next two months by concerns over coronavirus. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 8, 2020, 11:06 am
Kara Harris
/Cronkite News
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service said this week that it plans to take the Kanab ambersnail off the list of endangered species because the tiny snail is neither endangered – nor its own species.... Read more»
Posted Feb 15, 2019, 2:31 pm
Andrew Howard
/Cronkite News
The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping public lands bill that will secure millions of dollars for Arizona's federally protected lands.... Read more»
Posted Feb 2, 2019, 9:46 pm
Chloe Jones
/Cronkite News
With the help of volunteers and people coming together for a common purpose, two of Arizona's three national parks weathered the 35-day partial federal closure mostly none the worse for wear.... Read more»
Posted Nov 23, 2013, 5:57 pm
Jack Fitzpatrick
/Cronkite News Service
The National Park Service is not interested in coming up with plans to let states pay to keep parks open should another government shutdown occur, a service official testified Thursday to a House subcommittee.... Read more»
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Posted Feb 21, 2013, 6:14 pm
Connor Radnovich
/Cronkite News Service
Grand Canyon National Park could have to cut hours and delay the opening of some park sections if automatic federal budget cuts are allowed to take effect March 1, a park advocacy group said Wednesday.... Read more»
Posted Feb 5, 2013, 9:04 pm
Mary Shinn
/Cronkite News Service
A federal appeals court Monday upheld the government’s decision to let a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park continue to operate under environmental standards now decades old.... Read more»
Posted Mar 21, 2012, 12:00 pm
Janet Rose Jackman
/TucsonSentinel.com
Saguaro National Park will no longer use vending machines that dispense water and soda in disposable plastic bottles.... Read more»
Posted Feb 20, 2012, 4:06 pm
Ivy Morris
/Cronkite News Service
Concerned about the volume of plastic bottles in recycling bins and trash cans, not to mention discarded along roads and trails, the National Park Service is banning bottled water sales at the Grand Canyon as of March 10.... Read more»
Posted Nov 5, 2011, 4:36 pm
Joshua Armstrong
/Cronkite News Service
A bill that would open 1 million acres near Grand Canyon National Park to new uranium mining was hailed Thursday as an economic boon and derided as a threat to the park’s wilderness and tourism value.... Read more»