Topic: Grand Canyon National Park

Getty Images | 2009-12-18 23:21:29
Grand Canyon N.P. Gets Stimulus Dollars To Re-Build Trails
AP News | 2009-11-23 12:09:48
Grand Canyon to change competitive, 'unfair' process to get backpacking permits

Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and "unfair" that managers at the national park have decided to change the system. Now those who want the coveted permits either show up in person or ...

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AP News | 2009-11-17 12:28:19
Environmental groups sue to prevent uranium mine near Grand Canyon from opening

Environmental groups are suing the federal Bureau of Land Management over its decision to allow a uranium mine to reopen north of the Grand Canyon. Canadian mining firm Denison Mines Corp. received the final state permit needed to move forward on its Arizona 1 Mine in September. The ...

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AP News | 2009-10-28 17:52:23
Study: Great Smoky Mountains' $800 million in visitor spending tops among national parks

A National Park Service study has ranked the Great Smoky Mountains as tops in visitor spending. The study estimates the Smokies' 9 million visitors in 2008 spent more than $800 million on lodging, fuel, food, gifts and amusements in the park's gateway communities, including Gatlinburg, Pigeon ...

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TrekAmerica launches new Mini - Adventures for 2010

Breaking Travel News | 2010-02-09 06:47:54

Savings in Brooklyn: Deals in Park Slope

NY Daily News | 2010-02-09 05:08:00

A call to action at the Association of Partners for Public Lands annual conference

Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska | 2010-02-09 04:37:24

Rhapsody in red and white (and blue)

Vancouver Sun | 2010-02-08 23:17:37

Grand Canyon archaeologists surprised at findings

Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska | 2010-02-07 20:44:07

Animals in the News

Encyclopedia Britannica | 2010-02-02 05:23:37

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