
WASHINGTON — Security concerns surrounding President-elect Biden’s inauguration prompted the closure Jan. 15 of core areas of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to the public through January 21, at least. The U.S. Secret Service requested the closure, which took effect at 11 a.m. EST.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Following an investigation by Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and US Park Rangers, a man has been sentenced to serve time in prison for disorderly conduct-fighting and interfering with agency functions by resisting arrest within Grand Canyon National Park.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — In a pair of virtual talks this week, Grand Canyon National Park presented information about its Covid-19 vaccine distribution plan. This included information about the vaccines themselves, the park’s prioritization strategy and an update on the progress.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Ten months after switching to distance learning, Grand Canyon Unified School District (GCUSD) is working to find a safe and enriching way to meet its students’ needs.

The COVID-19 vaccine requires a 28-day follow up booster shot to be fully effective.

A Utah man has pleaded guilty after authorities said he was caught digging in a Yellowstone National Park cemetery in search of hidden treasure.

The Colorado River is one of the most engineered river systems in the world. Over millions of years, the creatures that call the river home have adapted to the natural variability of its seasonal highs and lows. But for the past century, they have struggled to keep up with rapid changes in the river’s flows and ecology.

Rangers at Zion National Park in Utah picked up 14 pounds of trash — nine of those pounds being human waste and cleaned around 1,000 handprints or etchings in less than a mile walk.

Park managers were forced to cut down aging cottonwood trees at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument last month.

An environmental group has no legal standing to challenge the specifics of recovery plans for endangered species, a judge in Montana has ruled.

NPS is investigating an incident involving a confrontation between a park ranger and visitor at Petroglyph National Monument which resulted in the visitor being shot with a TASER.

In August, President Donald Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act into law, which is designed to address the chronically underfunded, multi-billion-dollar deferred maintenance backlog at national parks and public lands across the United States.

A bill signed into law Dec. 5 stands to bring U.S. veterans to the outdoors for healing and recovery.
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