Siphon Fire requests calls to register for alerts in Maricopa and Pima Counties A Tonto forestry official is urging residents near the roughly 12,000-acre Siphon Fire to sign up for alerts from Maricopa and Pinal counties and to prepare. Amy Austin had just finished hiking the Cloud View Trailhead when authorities began putting up a […]
Influencer shows how she travels around the world as a blind person Molly Burke is nearly blind and has had many difficulties traveling through an airport. Employee video, USA TODAY One in four adults in the United States has a disability. Only 39% of Americans view national parks as an accessible travel option for all […]
Additional units are expected to arrive on site on Wednesday and in the following days to help fight the fire. Officials say no buildings are currently in danger. A forest fire reported on Monday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has led to the closure of roads, trails and campsites in the park, according […]
The incident occurred near Fossil Rapid in the park. The man’s identity has not yet been released by authorities. This is the latest in a series of deaths in the park this year. An 80-year-old man died after falling from a boat on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. The incident occurred on […]
Wastewater treatment plant in Everglades City in operation Treated water bubbles in a holding tank at Everglades City’s new wastewater treatment plant, which was built with state and federal funds. Florida is full of natural beauty – from the state’s crystal clear, blue-green freshwater springs to the thousands of lakes, hundreds of miles of beaches […]
If we turn the calendar back to the 1890s, there will be a classic baseball game hosted by the National Park Service (NPS) in Lackawaxen on Saturday, August 24th at noon. The game will be played on the baseball field at Veterans’ Memorial Park across from the fire station. The Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational […]
The 37-year-old woman was hiking with her partner in Isle Royale National Park when she experienced “medical complications,” the National Park Service said. A Michigan woman died Monday of unknown medical complications while backpacking through a remote national park on Lake Superior, officials said. The woman, a 37-year-old from Battle Creek, Michigan, was hiking with […]
SARANAC – Modernization of a popular park in Saranac is complete. Officials attended a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, August 12, to celebrate the Scheid Park improvement project. The park is located on the Fred Meijer Grand River Trail in Saranac. The village consulted with Fleis and VandenBrink on the project. The cost was $654,370, […]
White rhino calves Alissa and Tabitha join the herd at Lion Country Safari Lion Country Safari staff welcomed the third generation of endangered white rhinos born at Loxahatchee Park. Lion Country Safari, the driving safari park in Loxahatchee that’s home to over 85 species of animals, is no newcomer to the national spotlight. It’s regularly […]
Peter Hayes Robino, 57, of Los Angeles County, crashed his car down a steep slope on August 1 after a one-mile round-trip hike. Death Valley is one of the hottest places on earth. In some of the hottest places on Earth, temperatures can far exceed the limits comfortable for the human body. A second person […]
