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The Grand Canyon School celebrates the Class of 2023.

May 23, 2023
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Seasonal staff in the Canyon District are back for the season. Ceili and Kate will be staffing the ranger stations at Havasupai Gardens, Phantom Ranch and Manzanita through mid-October.

May 23, 2023
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KEY WEST, Fla. — Dry Tortugas National Park recently announced the finding of archeological remains of a 19th century quarantine hospital and cemetery on a submerged island near Garden Key.

May 23, 2023
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LEE'S FERRY, Ariz. — Beginning June 1, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is implementing a backcountry river permit system at Lees Ferry for watercraft using the Glen Canyon Reach, the 16-mile stretch of the Colorado River between the Glen Canyon Dam and Lees Ferry.

May 23, 2023
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RAND CANYON, Ariz. — After 16 years at Grand Canyon National Park, Dr. Mike Kearsley retired April 30.

May 23, 2023
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The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will open as scheduled on June 2 with limited visitor services and water conservation measures because of a break in the North Rim water pipeline.

May 23, 2023
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Around the Rim: Week of May 17

May 16, 2023
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As a twenty-year resident of Grand Canyon, I’ve met some amazing people, and I’ve had some remarkable experiences.

By Williams-Grand Canyon News May 16, 2023
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Havasupai Tribe marks spiritual homecoming with return to one-time farmland in Grand Canyon
Tribe, Canyon community come together to celebrate renaming of Havasupai Gardens

Carletta Tilousi hit the trail as the sun rose, the light revealing a grouping of cottonwood and ash trees deep in the Grand Canyon.

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press May 16, 2023
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More than 350 people gathered for Cinco de Mayo in Tusayan May 5.

By Williams-Grand Canyon News May 16, 2023
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Nearly 70 years ago, the world was looking up at the moon.

By Erin Ford May 9, 2023
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Tusayan, Park Service iron out plans for annual shuttle route
Extended shuttle service a town priority; lack of bus drivers hampers progress

Tusayan town leaders and members of Grand Canyon National Park’s transportation division met May 2 to discuss annual shuttle service from the town to the park during the peak season.

By Erin Ford May 9, 2023
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For the first time since the forced removal of the the last Havasupai tribal member from Grand Canyon’s Indian Garden in 1928, members of tribe gathered May 4 at Bright Angel Trailhead to reclaim and celebrate their ancestral home.

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On April 27-29, Grand Canyon National Park hosted a Preventive Search and Rescue (PSAR) Symposium where PSAR employees and volunteers from 31 different National Park Service gathered to share best practices and lessons learned in the field, examine case reviews, and perform trainings.

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Around the Rim: Week of May 10

May 9, 2023

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