A year after the Dragon Bravo Wildfire burned across the north rim of the Grand Canyon, volunteers are helping the landscape ...

Everything you need to know to score a backcountry permit for Canyonlands National Park. We’ve bemoaned backcountry permit systems before, but it turns out that once you know the nuances of each park, ...

First, you’ll need a backcountry permit. Plan ahead and be flexible for the best chance of getting the permit you want. Here’s what you need to know. In 2024, Grand Canyon National Park moved its ...

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The water problem at Pinyon Plain uranium mine, near the Grand Canyon continues. More than 80 million gallons were pumped out from 2016-2025. In the summer of 2025, fires raged across the north rim of ...

For every proposed development near the Grand Canyon, we ask: Where will the water come from? This question has sparked debate in the town of Tusayan, Arizona, where a developer wants to build a ...

Bright Angel Campground is a half-mile north of the Colorado River on the banks of Bright Angel Creek, a tributary of the Colorado. To get there, you’ll have to hike a vertical mile into the depths of ...

A grueling backpacking trip to Thunder River and Deer Creek, the Grand Canyon’s finest oases. The route to Thunder River and Deer Creek via the Bill Hall Trail grants access to some of rare pockets of ...

The Colorado River is drying up. We’re doing everything we can to sustain the river and its communities. As snowpacks shrink, temperatures rise, and less water flows into the Colorado River, we’re ...

Lyle Balenquah, a Hopi archaeologist, describes ancestral sites along the Little Colorado River. For generations, Lyle Balenquah’s family has ranched in the north Oraibi Valley Wash between third and ...

Hike the Beamer Trail to see where the turquoise waters of the Little Colorado River mix with the main stem Colorado River Once known only to Native American tribes, the confluence of the Colorado and ...