Ohio triple-slaying killer wanted to save tree

Police in Utah say a skull fragment found in the Virgin River belongs to a Boy Scout who was swept away in a flash flood more than 50 years ago.

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Skull linked to Utah Scout killed in 1961 flood

Police in Utah say a skull fragment found in the Virgin River belongs to a Boy Scout who was swept away in a flash flood more than 50 years ago.

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Catch The May 20 Solar Eclipse From A National Park

Later this month, North America will witness its first solar eclipse in more than 18 years.

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Second Translocation of Endangered Humpback Chub to Havasu Creek in Grand Canyon National Park to Occur on May 13

On May 13th, the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will translocate wild juvenile humpback chub to Havasu Creek below Beaver Falls in Grand Canyon National Park. This translocation of humpback chub to Havasu Creek will be the second of three planned experimental releases.
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Tusayan Route Shuttle to Resume Service between Tusayan, Arizona and Grand Canyon National Park

The National Park Service will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan, Arizona in 2012.
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Grand Canyon Concessioner Awarded NPS Director’s Environmental Achievement Award

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.
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Watch May 2012 solar eclipse at a National Park

Want to see the solar eclipse on May 20, 2012? National parks in the United States are gearing up for the event.

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Rangers Identify Woman Whose Body was Recovered from below South Rim of Grand Canyon

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Bryce Canyon National Park #1

Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern Utah in the United States.

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PUBLIC NOTICE of Annual Turbidity in Drinking Water

Each year in the spring, Grand Canyon National Park experiences an increase in turbidity in the drinking water. This increased turbidity is caused by snow melt, spring rains recharging the aquifer and increased water flows through the rock formations to Roaring Springs..
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