Panther Junction Visitor Center Expansion at Big Bend NP

Current Status:The visitor center remains open, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, daily.The Post Office is open.Restrooms are available to the side of the visitor center.Portions of the visitor center porch are closed.Some exhibits have been removed from the visitor center.Big Bend National Park is expanding the Panther Junction Visitor Center to accommodate present-day visitor demands. [...]

Chisos Basin Receives Over Twenty Inches of Rainfall for the Year

The Chisos Mountains Basin, located in the center of Big Bend National Park, has received over twenty inches of rainfall for the calendar year. This is the second time since 1992, and the first since 2003, that rainfall in the Chisos Basin has eclipsed the twenty-inch mark.Throughout much of the 1990’s rainfall in the Big [...]

Cyclists Race 508 Miles through Death Valley and Mojave Desert in Furnace Creek 508 on Oct 6-8th

AdventureCORPS, Inc., an event production firm specializing in ultra-endurance and extreme sports events, will host the 24th anniversary, and 33rd edition, of the Furnace Creek 508 Bicycle Race on October 6-8, 2007. Held since 1983 and known as “The Toughest 48 hours in Sport,” it is the world’s premier ultramarathon bicycle race. This non-stop 508-mile [...]

BLM Adjusts Long Term Visitor Area Fees - Affects Users within LTVAs in Arizona and California

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Palm Springs/South Coast, El Centro and Yuma field offices have adjusted special recreation permit (SRP) fees for recreational use of long term visitor areas (LTVA) in Imperial and Riverside counties, California and La Paz County in Arizona, and have also revised supplementary rules applying to the LTVA program.Fee adjustments [...]

Upcoming Bat Talks in Oceanside and Carlsbad CA

Bat Rescue will give a free family bat talk at the Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center on Thursday October 25th, 2202 S. Coast Highway in Oceanside. The Buena Vista Audubon Society’s general meeting/social begins at 7:00pm, and our bat program will start at 7:30. We’ll give an interactive slide presentation, and then introduce you to [...]

The Bats Are Leaving - Big Room re-opens at Kartchner Caverns State Park on October 15

The Big Room re-opens and Big Room Tours resume on Monday, October 15 at Kartchner Caverns State Park. Explore the cave, hike, camp, and attend special October programs. It is also time to think about getting cave tours booked in advance for the holidays.On Saturday, October 6th from 10 to 10:45 a.m., Ranger Emily Bennett [...]

Attention Teachers: Utah Programs for Schoolkids in October

October, Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park (Fairfield, Utah)School Group Field Trips: October 1 to October 30Hear a first-hand account of life in Johnston’s Army, view cannon and musket fire, experience the life of a soldier by marching, drilling, making candles and adobe bricks; play Pony Express games, experience class in a 19th century schoolhouse, view [...]

Upcoming Events at Utah State Parks

October 3 to October 3, Edge of the Cedars State Park (Blanding)Gregory Holiday, Navajo Master PotterPottery-Making Demonstration, Wednesday, October 3rd 10:00 AM -2:00 PM ******Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the talented Gregory Holiday as he uses this traditional art form to create his interpretation of Ancetral Puebloan clay effigies, ollas, bowls and mugs. [...]

Death Valley Current Conditions - Titus Cyn and Twenty Mule Team Cyn Closed Due to Mud

Death Valley National Park Morning Report — Thursday, September 27, 2007Weather Forecast Today — Mostly sunny. High around 101. Light wind becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.Tonight — Partly cloudy. Low in the lower 70s. Southeast wind around 10 mph.Tomorrow — Mostly sunny during the day then partly cloudy by evening. High [...]

Great Basin NP Offers Free Tours of Lehman Caves on Public Lands Day Sept. 29th

Great Basin National Park Superintendent Cindy Nielsen announces, “In honor of National Public Lands Day, September 29, 2007, scheduled tours of Lehman Caves will be free of charge.”The Lehman Caves tour schedule for Saturday September 29, 2007 is:90-minute tours 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.60-minute tours 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.All times are Pacific Daylight Time.It [...]

Southeast Utah Parks to Waive Entrance Fees on National Public Lands Day, Sept 29th

All National Park Service sites, including Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument and Hovenweep National Monument, will offer free visitor admission on September 29, 2007 for National Public Lands Day. In addition to waiving entrance fees, the parks will host the following special programs:Arches National Park 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Porch Talks on [...]

Brown Bag Series Starts Again Oct. 5th with Old Spanish Trail Presentation

St. George, Utah - Bring along your lunch and join us on October 5, for the kick-off of the fall “Brown Bag” lecture series. Programs are scheduled every Friday at noon and last for one hour. Programs are held at the Interagency Information Center, located at 345 E. Riverside Drive in St. George.Admission is free, [...]

Anza-Borrego Institute Programs and Events October 2007

Pacific Crest Trail Hike #1: Desert View Picnic Area to Penny Pines MonumentSunday, October 14, 10 am - 4 pm, Meet at Penny Pines monument, mile 27.3 on S1 for vehicle shuttle, Members $35; Non-members $45A 6-mile, relatively flat hike of moderate difficulty, with expansive views of the desert and mountains. Bring lunch, [...]

Historic Reenactment High Mass at Tumacacori Oct. 21st

Once each year a High Mass is celebrated inside the Tumacácori Mission church as it would have been during the time that Tumacácori was an active mission community. Participants are invited to wear Spanish style clothing such as would have been worn around the turn of the 19th century. No chairs are available; participants must [...]

Give a Hand to Desert Tortoises

Desert Tortoises are now in their most active season. Nearly everyone loves tortoises, but the growing number of people and pets living in the Tucson area brings increased risks to these slow-moving symbols of the Sonoran Desert. Saguaro National Park, the Friends of Saguaro National Park, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, University [...]

Autumn Colors Signify that the End of Another Visitor Season on the North Rim is Near

Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The changing of the seasons is occurring on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park as autumn colors begin to emerge. As colors on the North Rim change, it is a reminder that the North Rim’s visitor season is winding down. The staff on the North Rim has begun preparations [...]

Federal and State Collaboration Results in Crackdown On Marketing of Fake Indian Arts and Crafts

WASHINGTON, D.C - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said today that a recent jury verdict is an example of an ongoing crackdown on sales of fake Indian arts and crafts led by the Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board.A jury in Gallup, New Mexico, convicted local arts dealer Amro Al-Assi of [...]

Federal and State Collaboration Results in Crackdown On Marketing of Fake Indian Arts and Crafts

WASHINGTON, D.C - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said today that a recent jury verdict is an example of an ongoing crackdown on sales of fake Indian arts and crafts led by the Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board.A jury in Gallup, New Mexico, convicted local arts dealer Amro Al-Assi of [...]

NPS Grants Reunite Native American Remains With Ancestral Homes

(Washington, D.C.) - The remains of at least 187 Native Americans presently housed in museum collections will soon be returned to ancestral lands for burial. The National Park Service has awarded six Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) grants to help fund the transfer of the human remains, and more than 21,500 associated [...]

NPS Grants Reunite Native American Remains With Ancestral Homes

(Washington, D.C.) - The remains of at least 187 Native Americans presently housed in museum collections will soon be returned to ancestral lands for burial. The National Park Service has awarded six Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) grants to help fund the transfer of the human remains, and more than 21,500 associated [...]