Traveler's View: The Arrogance Of Congress
The arrogance of Congress is withering and shameful.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 3rd, 2013 10:59am
Grand Canyon National Park
With Debt Ceiling Approaching, How Will National Park Service React To Congressional Gridlock?
With the clock, and the calendar, ticking closer to congressional gridlock over the country's debt ceiling, how might the National Park Service react if October 1 arrives without an increase in the ceiling?
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 25th, 2013 3:15am
Touring Grand Canyon National Park: Take It Sitting Down
The Grand Canyon has a new taxi service. It’s totally green and only for off-road touring. Like a New York cabby, these guys have a no-nonsense attitude, occasionally talk back, and are famously stubborn, but the resemblance ends there.
- By George Oxford Miller - September 20th, 2013 3:45am
A View From The Overlook: A Tale Of Two Rivers, Part I
There is a thread of commonality in the Colorado River as it flows through the Grand Canyon, and the Potomac River as it flows into Washington, D.C. It revolves around preservation.
- By PJ Ryan - September 18th, 2013 3:15am
Facilities On North Rim Of Grand Canyon National Park To Begin Closing In October
While you'll be able to visit the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park beyond mid-October, weather permitting, many of the visitor services and facilities will begin closing for the winter on October 15.
- By NPT Staff - September 17th, 2013 2:45am
El Tovar Hotel At Grand Canyon National Park To Get A Little Makeover Early Next Year
Even grand dames need an occasional sprucing up, and that's why the iconic El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will be closed for three months beginning January 2, 2014.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 16th, 2013 3:30am
Obama Administration Urged By NPCA To Close Loopholes That Prevent Clean Air Over Parks
Unless things change, it will take centuries for many national parks to have truly clean air, according to the National Parks Conservation Association, which wants the Obama administration to close loopholes that stand in the way of improving air quality.
- By NPT Staff - September 12th, 2013 2:30am
Heavy Rains Hard On Grand Canyon National Park Trails
Heavy rains that have been falling on the Southwest in recent days are creating problems with some sections of trail in Grand Canyon National Park.
- By NPT Staff - September 10th, 2013 6:43pm
Photography In The National Parks: Capturing The Fall
As the harbinger of winter, the autumn season brings a sense of peace and introspection with its quiet isolation, broken only by the occasional haunting call of a bull elk. Crowds are fewer and dispersed. Colors are saturated. The air is clear and crisp. It’s these elements combined together that make fall my favorite season for photography.
- By Rebecca Latson - September 3rd, 2013 3:15am
Learn About Past Figures Prominent In The History Of The Grand Canyon
Behind Grand Canyon's stunning landscape there are stories of people who lived off the land, explored, mined, and exploited it, raised a family and business, and fought to protect it for future generations.
- By NPT Staff - July 31st, 2013 3:03am
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