Grand Canyon Backcountry Permit Information for Fall and Winter

Backcountry Updates and Closures2007 Fall and Winter Permits - Sep/13/07Apply for your permit at least 21 days prior to the start date to insure consideration. Any remaining sites will be given out in person at the Backcountry Information Center.* A few sites exist at Cottonwood, between Oct 15 and 31st. Please read North Rim Closure [...]

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. [...]