Latest National Park Service News

Colorado man dies on Colorado River trip; 7th fatality at Grand Canyon National Park since July 31

Sep. 09, 2024 19:26 PM EDT

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — There has been another fatality at Grand Canyon National Park, authorities announced Monday. Park officials said 59-year-old Patrick Horton of Salida, Colorado, was on the 10th day of a non-commercial river trip along the Colorado River and...

US national parks are receiving record-high gift of $100M

Aug. 26, 2024 10:07 AM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country's national parks. The National Park Foundation, which...

Authorities recover body of Arizona woman who went missing in Grand Canyon after flash flood

Aug. 25, 2024 22:18 PM EDT

SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — The body of an Arizona woman who went missing in the Grand Canyon National Park after a flash flood days earlier was recovered Sunday, park rangers said. The body of Chenoa Nickerson, 33, from the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, Arizona, was discovered by a group...

Maine leaders seek national monument for home of Frances Perkins, 1st woman Cabinet member

Aug. 08, 2024 17:40 PM EDT

NEWCASTLE, Maine (AP) — Maine leaders want to honor Frances Perkins — the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet-level position and a driving force behind the New Deal — by encouraging the president to make her home a national monument. Perkins served as labor secretary...