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Nearly Four Months After Tunnel Fire, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Remains Closed

As wildfires go, the Tunnel Fire that overran Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in April was not headline-grabbing outside of Arizona, but it inflicted enough damage on the park and surrounding national forest lands to keep the monument closed for months.

Death Valley Rangers Rescue Stranded Travelers Led Astray By Apps

While a portion of Death Valley National Park reopened Wednesday in the wake of last week's widespread flooding, most of the park remained closed to the public due to road access issues and visitors who figured they could negotiate some areas needed to be rescued by rangers after their rigs became mired down.

Nine Tribes Gain Grants To Help Repatriate Ancestral Remains And Cultural Items

Nine Native American tribes and 20 museums are benefiting from $2.1 million in National Park Service grants to help with the consultation, documentation and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

NPS Issues Concession Prospectus For Death Valley National Park

In late spring the National Park Service released a prospectus for the Death Valley National Park concession at Stovepipe Wells Village. The concession offers lodging, food and beverage, gas, and retail at the only NPS-owned commercial complex within the park. The national park’s three other major facilities, the Inn at Death Valley, the Ranch at Death Valley, and Panamint Springs Resort, are each inholdings, privately-owned land within the park.

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