Grand Canyon National Park officials have a plan to fix the leak-prone Transcanyon Water Distribution Pipeline, but it won't be quick, will impact hikers in the park's Inner Gorge, could create a 41-acre footprint, and could cost Xanterra Parks & Resorts several million dollars in lost revenues.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is taking reservations for the preserve’s 3rd annual Candlelight Tour taking place on Saturday, November 10. All activities are free, but reservations are required for this event and fill up fast. You can call the visitor center at 620-273-8494 (hit 0) to make your free reservation.

Remnants of the past, of poets and artists who sought the stark inspiration offered by isolating, windswept dunes on the outer beaches of Cape Cod, stand weathered gray. Some appear wobbly and are almost hidden by their embracing dunes, while others stand atop the hills of sand with sweeping views out into the Atlantic.

Swirling clouds of blue, white, and pink once rose above the Everglades in drifts that practically stained the sky when herons, egrets, storks, ibises, and spoonbills that numbered in the hundreds of thousands nested in the River of Grass. They took to the sky in giant, whirling clouds of feathers, intent on providing their chicks with enough food to fledge.