Grand Canyon National Park biologists have received confirmation that a bat collected along the Colorado River in mid-August has tested positive for rabies. Wildlife managers generally report an increase in human-bat interactions in summer months. Individuals who have had physical contact with a bat are advised to seek medical attention and be assessed for appropriate medical treatment.

Utah authorities appear to be hoping their lawsuit aimed at shrinking the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, where Chief Justice John Roberts a little more than a year ago expressed interest in exploring how big is too big when it comes to a monument established by a president under The Antiquities Act.

A man who went off trail along the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park fell 200 feet to his death.

Heavy rains that pounded Carlsbad Caverns National Park last week, at one point stranding roughly 200 people in the park, washed away sections of trails in the park, prompting the National Park Service to close the park's wilderness areas and backcountry trails to assess and repair the damage.