Status of three wild-hatched condor chicks in Arizona: one fledged, one still in nest, one found dead https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2011-11-10_condors.htm

Grand Canyon National Park’s Artist-in-Residence program is pleased to announce its South Rim Artist-in-Residence selections for the October 2011 – September 2012 season, and the North Rim Artist-in-Residence selections for the May – October 2012 season. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-01-13_air.htm

On February 7, 2012, 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/2012-01-24_herbicide.htm

Grand Canyon National Park concessioner Grand Canyon Railway (owned and operated by Xanterra Parks and Resorts) was recently awarded the National Park Service's Environmental Achievement Award in the Lean, Clean and Green category. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-02-21_ea-award.htm

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Grand Canyon National Park recently completed installation of new interpretive and orientation exhibits at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center located near Mather Point on the South Rim. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-23_exhibits.htm

Starting in May and continuing through September, the National Park Service will be applying herbicide to targeted, high priority, invasive plant species as part of an ongoing invasive plant management program in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-04-24_herbicide.htm

Grand Canyon National Park concessioner Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C. was recently awarded the National Park Service Director's Environmental Achievement Award in the Building Our Future category. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-05-05-xanterra-award.htm

Due to a pipeline break in the inner canyon near Phantom Ranch in Grand Canyon National Park, rangers are advising hikers to be prepared to access and treat or filter creek water below Supai Tunnel and above Phantom Ranch on the North Kaibab Trail. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/pipeline-break-in-grand-canyon-inner-canyon-hikers-should-be-prepared-to-treat-and-filter-creek-water.htm

A third pipeline break in Grand Canyon National Park has closed a one-mile section of the North Kaibab Trail between Roaring Springs and Cottonwood Campground. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/news_release_31may2012.htm

Travel back in time and meet eight of Grand Canyon National Park’s most influential people during “Echoes from the Canyon”, the park’s first living history event on Friday, August 3, 2012. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2012-07-27_echoes.htm

Last night at approximately 9:30 Grand Canyon National Park rangers received a report that a 19 year-old male hiker had sustained injuries from a rock fall that occurred in an area of the canyon known as the “Box”. A significant thunderstorm was passing over the area when the incident occurred. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-hiker-injured-in-rock-fall.htm

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Recently, Grand Canyon National Park unveiled its new, high tech, Virtual Studio for Kids. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-02-12-virtual-studio.htm

This weekend, Darryl Haley, former New England Patriot, Ironman Triathlete, and world-renowned fitness trainer, will be joining Grand Canyon National Park's Diversity Council in celebrating Black History Month and enjoying the Grand Canyon as a place to have fun, learn something, and get healthy at the same time. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-02-20_darryl.htm

On, Friday, February 22, Grand Canyon National Park and special guest Darryl Haley kicked off a weekend celebration of Black History Month and Healthy Parks Healthy People. This groundbreaking event was a part of the Grand Canyon Diversity Council’s effort to increase diversity and inclusivity in Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-03-14_haley.htm

Throughout the upcoming field season, National Park Service staff will be applying herbicide to targeted high priority invasive plant species in Grand Canyon National Park’s developed areas. Developed areas of the park have increased levels of human disturbance, which contribute to the high concentration of invasive plants in these areas. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-staff-to-apply-herbicide-within-developed-areas-of-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

Grand Canyon National Park’s longtime volunteer Sjors Horstman recently received a Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Volunteer Service Award – the highest volunteer award in the state of Arizona. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyons-longtime-volunteer-sjors-horstman-receives-governors-lifetime-achievement-volunteer-service-award.htm

On June 23rd, 2013, Grand Canyon National Park will host “President Theodore Roosevelt Salutes the National Park Service.” This special program is a living history portrayal of the 26th President of the United States as performed by Joe Wiegand at 8:30pm, Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 at McKee Amphitheater located on the South Rim behind Park Headquarters near Parking Lot A. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-national-park-presents-living-history-performance-of-president-theodore-roosevelt.htm

On Sunday June 30 at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call from the emergency phone at Phantom Ranch Boat Beach with a report of an unconscious female hiker approximately three quarters of a mile above Phantom Ranch on the South Kaibab Trail within Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-06-30-hiker-fatality.htm

A woman who died while hiking the South Kaibab trail in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 48-year old Sibylle Borger of Fredericksburg, VA. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/female-hiker-who-died-on-south-kaibab-trail-identified.htm

On Tuesday, July 16, 42 college students, from 27 colleges and universities around the country will descend on Grand Canyon National Park to learn the art of facilitating an alternative break experience. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-to-host-alternative-break-citizenship-school-2013.htm

On Friday August 9 at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call from a park volunteer with a report of an unconscious male hiker on the North Kaibab Trail approximately one half of a mile below the trailhead within Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/hiker-fatality-on-north-kaibab-trail-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

Grand Canyon National Park has begun improvements to Cape Royal Road on the North Rim. Beginning September 3, 2013 Cape Royal Road from Roosevelt Point to Cape Royal Point, at approximately mile 11.5, will be closed for repaving. Vehicles over 20 feet in length will not be permitted on Cape Royal Road for the duration of construction. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/updated-road-improvements-to-temporarily-close-portion-of-cape-royal-road-on-the-north-rim-of-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

The National Park Service will begin eliminating turfgrass (lawns) around the historic El Tovar Hotel and adjacent rim lodges as part of a long-term plan to re-landscape the area with native vegetation consistent with the historic Grand Canyon Village rim landscape. Weather permitting; the two-day project will begin on Tuesday, September 17. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-service-continues-exotic-plant-management-by-eliminating-lawns-in-historic-district-of-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

On Wednesday, September 25 at approximately 1:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call with a report of a deceased 67 year old female on the Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park at River Mile 209. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2013-09-27_fatality-on-col-river-within-grand-canyon-nat-pk.htm

Horace P. Albright Training Center was officially listed to the National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 2013. The only National Park Service (NPS) training center in the West and located within the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park, the Center is a state significant Historic District exemplifying simple, practical, modernist design of the Mission 66 Era. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/albright-training-center.htm

Today at 2:12 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call from a park employee about a 2 car motor vehicle accident on South Entrance Road, approximately 3 miles north of the park’s South Entrance Station. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/motor-vehicle-fatality-at-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

The Coconino County Medical Examiner has identified the woman who died in a motor vehicle accident in Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, January 31, 2014 as Yuan Gao, 24 of China. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/motor-vehicle-fatality-victim-at-grand-canyon-national-park-identified.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will host author and conservation activist Audrey Peterman for a special evening program on Monday, March 3 in honor of Black History Month. Ms. Peterman and her husband Frank authored the book Legacy on the Land: A Black Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance and Tells Why Every American Should Care. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-national-park-to-celebrate-black-history-month-with-special-guest-audrey-peterman.htm

The National Park Service will burn piles of woody debris between Monday, February 24 through Wednesday, February 26 at Indian Gardens within Grand Canyon National Park depending on weather conditions. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/pile-burning-at-indian-gardens-within-the-grand-canyon.htm

Throughout the upcoming field season, National Park Service staff will be applying herbicide to targeted high priority invasive plant species in Grand Canyon National Park's developed areas. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/herbicide-to-be-applied-within-developed-areas-of-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) today announced plans to dedicate one of the nation’s newest National Historic Landmarks, the 1956 Grand Canyon TWA-United Airlines Aviation Accident Site in Grand Canyon National Park. This site commemorates a horrific airline collision over the Grand Canyon in 1956. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/1956-nhl-designation.htm

On Friday, June 27 at approximately 3:40 p.m. the National Park Service received a satellite phone call from a commercial river trip reporting a missing passenger at River Mile 157 known as Havasu Rapids. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-man-on-colorado-river-within-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

National Park Service Search and Rescue crews continue to look for Victor Tseng of Phoenix, AZ who went missing at River Mile 157 on the Colorado River. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/search-continues.htm

At approximately 11:30 am the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting CPR in progress just above Three-Mile Rest House on the Bright Angel Trail. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/hiker-fatality.htm

At 2:20 p.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a 911 call from a visitor reporting CPR in progress on a male hiker on the North Kaibab Trail. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/hiker-fatality-july-11.htm

A man who died while hiking the North Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 47-year old Andrew Sammler of Lancaster, OH. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/hiker-identified.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) will begin issuing Special Use Permits on an interim basis for organized, non-commercial rim-to-rim and extended day hiking and running in the inner canyon of Grand Canyon National Park. The inner canyon is defined as the area below Tonto Platform (Tipoff and Indian Garden) from the South Rim and below Manzanita Resthouse (Pumphouse Residence) from the North Rim. Permits will be issued to groups with activities planned for after September 15, 2014. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/interim-permits-r2r.htm

On Friday, September 19, at approximately 4 p.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a 911 call from a visitor reporting that a male hiker had fallen and was having trouble breathing. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/male-hiker-dies-while-hiking-on-north-kaibab-trail.htm

On October 14-15, 2014, the Grand Canyon Fee and Commercial Enforcement Unit partnered with the Grand Canyon Concessions and Fee Management Offices to support ongoing inspections of all commercial traffic entering the park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2014-commercial-inspection.htm

Grand Canyon will celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-to-celebrate-asian-american-heritage-month.htm

On Tuesday, June 2 at approximately 8 pm the National Park Service received a satellite phone call from a commercial river trip reporting a missing guide at River Mile 213 near Pumpkin Springs. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/guide-missing.htm

A Grand Canyon National Park search and rescue mission continues for Morgan Heimer of Cody, WY who went missing June 2 at River Mile 213 on the Colorado River. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/guide-still-missing-on-colorado-river.htm

A National Park Service search mission continues in efforts to find Morgan Heimer. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/rangers-search-for-missing-river-guide.htm

Twenty-two year old Morgan Heimer remains missing on the Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park; and a six day search by the National Park Service has turned up no additional clues as to his whereabouts. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/heimer-update.htm

Managers of both the Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona were recently recognized for the leadership role they've played in managing wildland fire across the landscape and jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of improving forest health conditions. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/fire-award.htm

On Thursday afternoon, hikers reported to a park ranger that a member of their party needed help. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/bright-angel-fatality.htm

A man who died while hiking the Bright Angel Trail has been identified. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/bright-angel-trail-fatality-identified.htm

Relive Grand Canyon's history with park rangers in character as notable figures from the past. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/echoes-from-the-canyon-returns.htm