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Grand Canyon Hosts World Heritage Fellow

Grand Canyon National Park recently hosted a U.S. World Heritage Fellow from the Seychelles. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-hosts-world-heritage-fellow.htm




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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. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2aug10_news.htm




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National Park Service awards contract for the construction of new employee housing at Grand Canyon

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/5aug10_news.htm




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Man Rescued after Falling over Edge of Grand Canyon

At approximately 2:45 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report that a man had fallen over the edge near Mather Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/5aug10-3_news.htm




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Prescribed Burns Planned at Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park fire managers plan to conduct two prescribed fires on the South Rim this week. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-09-13_rx.htm




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Man falls to his death in Grand Canyon – two women hit by lightning on Friday

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/4oct10-news.htm




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Body Discovered on Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-11-05_body.htm




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Grand Canyon Hosts Focus Group on Accessibility and Universal Design

Grand Canyon National Park staff recently hosted a focus group on accessibility and universal design in wayside exhibits. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-11-29_focus_group.htm




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Manual Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects to Begin at Grand Canyon

In accordance with Grand Canyon National Park's 2010 Fire Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement, park fire managers will begin to expand the use of non-fire treatments to reduce hazardous fuels in the park's wildland-urban interface. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2010-12-09_thinning.htm




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Grand Canyon National Park Acting Superintendent Named

Jane Lyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior, has been named acting superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park. Lyder will assume her new duties in early February. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-01-20_super.htm




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Grand Canyon Railway to Apply Herbicide within Grand Canyon National Park

On February 7 - 9, 2011, Grand Canyon Railway, in consultation with the National Park Service (NPS), will be applying herbicide along their railroad tracks including those within Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-01-25_hervicide.htm




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Rangers Recovering Body from below Rim at Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-02-10_fall.htm




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Woman Who Died in Fall at Grand Canyon Identified

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-02-17_id.htm




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Grand Canyon National Park to Host Archeology Day Saturday, March 19

On Saturday, March 19, 2011, Grand Canyon National Park will host Archeology Day in honor of “Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month.” https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-02-28_arch_day.htm




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National Park Service Searching for Missing Plane in Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-16_missing.htm




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Grand Canyon Soon to Have Water Bottle Filling Stations Throughout Park

The National Park Service (NPS) will soon complete the installation of nine new water bottle filling stations in Grand Canyon National Park, making access to free Grand Canyon spring water easier than ever before. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-16_h2o.htm




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Update on Search for Possible Downed Plane in Grand Canyon National Park

The National Park Service (NPS) continues to work with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office to refine its search for a plane which may have gone down in Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, March 11. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-23_missing.htm




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Hikers Injured in Rock Fall Incident at Grand Canyon National Park

Two hikers were injured yesterday in a human-caused rock fall incident on the South Kaibab Trail below the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-30_rock-fall.htm




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Manual Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects to Continue at Grand Canyon

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-31_thinning.htm




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Grand Canyon to Waive Entrance Fees During National Park Week 2011

Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating National Park Week by waiving entrance fees April 16 – 24, 2011. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-03-31_fee-free.htm




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Grand Canyon’s North Rim to Open May 15 for the 2011 Summer Season

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-06_nr.htm




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Into the Wild’s Jack Hanna to Help Grand Canyon Celebrate Wildlife Day

Grand Canyon National Park will Celebrate Wildlife Day on Saturday, May 7 this year; and television host Jack Hanna will be joining in the celebration. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-08_cwd.htm




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National Park Service offers new interpretive/orientation film at Grand Canyon National Park

Beginning Monday, April 18, 2011, the National Park Service will begin showing an interpretive/orientation film at a newly constructed theater located at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-14_film.htm




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Man Who Fled Rangers Rescued from Below Rim in Grand Canyon National Park

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-22_over-edge.htm




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Vegetation Program to Apply Herbicide within Developed Areas of Grand Canyon National Park

Vegetation Program to Apply Herbicide within Developed Areas of Grand Canyon National Park https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/vegetation-program-to-apply-herbicide-within-developed-areas-of-grand-canyon-national-park.htm




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Into the Wild’s Jack Hanna to Help Grand Canyon Celebrate Wildlife Day!

Grand Canyon National Park will Celebrate Wildlife Day on Saturday, May 7; and wildlife expert Jack Hanna will be joining in the celebration. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-26_cwd.htm




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National Park Service Begins Process to Revise Backcountry Management Plan for Grand Canyon National Park

National Park Service Begins Process to Revise Backcountry Management Plan for Grand Canyon National Park https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-begins-process-to-revise-backcountry-management-plan-for-grand-canyon-national-park.htm




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Spring Fire Management Activities Planned for Grand Canyon’s North Rim

This spring, Fire Managers at the North Rim are planning to prescribe burn approximately 30 acres on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-28_spring-fire-mgmt.htm




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The Grand Canyon Goes to Fort Worth, Texas

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-04-29_im-cel.htm




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National Park Service to hold open house public meetings on revision of Grand Canyon National Park's Backcountry Management Plan

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news-5may2011.htm




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Shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and neighboring town of Tusayan to resume for season

Shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and neighboring town of Tusayan to resume for season https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/shuttle-bus-service-between-grand-canyon-national-park-and-neighboring-town-of-tusayan-to-resume-for-season.htm




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Prescribed Fire Planned for South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

Fire Mangers in Grand Canyon National Park are making plans for the Watson Prescribed Fire on the South Rim of the park. Weather permitting, the Watson Rx will be initiated within the next 30 days. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-05-12_sr-rx.htm




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Behind the Scenes – Grand Canyon Science and Resource Management staff to host Public Open House

Grand Canyon National Park’s Division of Science and Resource Management will host a public open house on June 8th at Park Headquarters in the courtyard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news25may2011.htm




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Astronomers to Provide Free Telescope Viewing at Grand Canyon National Park, June 18-25, 2011

The twenty-first annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 18 through Saturday, June 25, 2011 on the South and North Rims of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-05-25_star.htm




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Grand Canyon Wilderness Coordinator Recognized as Leader in Wilderness Stewardship for Intermountain Region

Grand Canyon Wilderness Coordinator Recognized as Leader in Wilderness Stewardship for Intermountain Region https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-wilderness-coordinator-recognized-as-leader-in-wilderness-stewardship-for-intermountain-region.htm




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Grand Canyon to celebrate improvements to Mather Point and Grand Canyon Visitor Center area

On Wednesday, June 15, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate the completion of two years of improvements to the Mather Point and Grand Canyon Visitor Center area. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-05-26_mather.htm




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INTERMOUONTAIN NEWS RELEASE: David Uberuaga Named New Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park

Intermountain Regional Director John Wessels today announced that Mount Rainier Superintendent David Uberuaga has been named Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-01_uberuaga.htm




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Firefighters respond to two human-caused fires in Grand Canyon National Park

On Tuesday, June 7, Grand Canyon firefighters responded to two separate human-caused fires in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-08_fire.htm




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Bigfork High School Cave Club Completes Inventory and Impact Mapping of Caves in Grand Canyon National Park

In April 2011, five students from Bigfork High School Cave Club (Bigfork, MT) and their sponsor spent a week with Grand Canyon National Park Hydrologist and Cave Resources Manager, Steve Rice, conducting cave resource inventories, impact analysis, and repeat photography of several backcountry cave sites. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/bigfork-high-school-cave-club-completes-inventory-and-impact-mapping-of-caves-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm




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Translocation of Endangered Humpback Chub to Shinumo and Havasu Creeks in Grand Canyon National Park to Occur in June

In late June 2011, 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 wild juvenile humpback chub to Shinumo Creek and to Havasu Creek below Beaver Falls in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/translocation-of-endangered-humpback-chub-to-shinumo-and-havasu-creeks-in-grand-canyon-national-park-to-occur-in-june.htm




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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK AWARDED PARK STEWARDS GRANT FROM NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

Park is one of twenty-one national parks to receive a grant from the National Park Foundation to support interactive and engaging projects designed to strengthen Americans’ connection with their national parks https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-national-park-awarded-park-stewards-grant-from-national-park-foundation.htm




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Grand Canyon to Waive Entrance Fees on the First Day of Summer, June 21

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-14p_fee-free.htm




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Overdue Hiker Found on North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

William (Billy) Driscoll was found yesterday as the National Park Service and the Coconino County Sheriff's office, with the assistance of the Department of Public Safety, made plans to ramp up search efforts. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-08_search.htm




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Celebration Draws Crowd and Provides Opportunity to Explore Improvements at Grand Canyon National Park

On Wednesday, June 15, Grand Canyon National celebrated the completion of two years of improvements to the Mather Point and Grand Canyon Visitor Center area, and hundreds showed up to join in the celebration. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-21_event.htm




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Grand Canyon North Rim to Celebrate Western Arts Day

The National Park Service invites the public to Western Arts Day on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, July 9, 2011. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-23_arts-day.htm




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New Location Awaits Science and Resource Management Facility in Grand Canyon

The National Park Service (NPS) will break ground on a new facility for Grand Canyon National Park’s science and resource management staff later this year. The new facility will be constructed just south and east of the park headquarters building, located near Market Plaza. The site, which is currently vacant, was once the location of the park gas station. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/new-location-awaits-science-and-resource-management-facility-in-grand-canyon.htm




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Grand Canyon National Park to Implement the First Stages of Fire Restrictions on Thursday

The Superintendent is implementing the first stages of fire restrictions in the park, beginning June 30. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-06-29_restrict.htm




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Vehicle Accident Temporarily Closes South Entrance of Grand Canyon

On Saturday, July 2, a three vehicle accident injured eight and temporarily closed Grand Canyon National Park’s South Entrance Road to all vehicular traffic. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-07-03_mva.htm




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Grand Canyon Fire Managers to Continue Thinning Projects to Reduce Hazardous Fuels

Fire managers are making plans to implement their spring thinning projects within the next few weeks, weather permitting. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-07-05_thinning.htm




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Fire Start Reported on North Rim of Grand Canyon

On Monday, July 4, at approximately 6 p.m., North Zone fire managers received a report of a new fire start in the vicinity of Point Sublime on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-07-07_point-fire.htm