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On April 16-24, 2016, leave your wallet at home and get into a national park or monument for free.

2016 Grand Prize Winner: Joan Gales. Weekly winners: Teresa Media, Stephanie Henry, John Mckeel, Christina Moore, Susan Ansorge, Don Spiegel, Yael Neubauer

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Raven Bailey won our Grand 6 Road Trip Sweepstakes in 2015. She and two of her friends had a great time traveling in Arizona and Utah. See her comments and photos.

Mountain lions are common within Grand Canyon National Park, but visitors rarely see them since they tend to blend in and do not actively approach people.

Thunderbird is a contemporary lodge. Located on the canyon rim, half of the rooms at the Thunderbird Lodges have partial canyon views.

Kachina is a contemporary lodge located on the canyon rim. Half of the rooms at the Kachina Lodge have partial canyon views.

Junior Rangers follow the directions below to earn their certificate and badge. Earn the Raven, Coyote, Scorpion Award, or the special Phantom Rattler Patch.

In a twist of ironic fate, a hiker who works at AT&T spotted our phone in the barren desert. We got the footage and data a few weeks later!

Get inspired and follow these tricks of the trade to make your Grand Canyon scenic photos look like they were taken by a pro.

Get inspired and follow these tricks of the trade to make your Grand Canyon landscape photographs look like they were taken by a pro.

Get these tips about how to show splashing on the Colorado River, in a raft or canoe or while you're sitting on the edge.

Watch the sixth episode of Tamron's Photography Tailgate Tour where they go to the Grand Canyon for photo opportunities and happen into a cloud inversion.

This animation starts at Lees Ferry near the eastern end of the Grand Canyon. The journey ends at the Grand Wash Cliffs on the western edge.

Colorado River rafters went on a hike in search of old mining equipment. What they found instead was a heavily-damaged airplane wedged between two boulders.

Even if you don't hike the trails or bike Hermit's Road, the act of looking at the Grand Canyon can lengthen your life.

Approximately 70 condors inhabit the skies of northern Arizona and Utah. Read a brief primer about the grand birds.

Experience a rare view of the canyon.

In a cave on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, never-before-seen creatures were found that resembled scorpions. They had no eyes and no stingers.

In the Grand Canyon, 296 miles of the Colorado River runs free, largely because of Martin Litton. He was a Grand Canyon river runner and environmental activist.

Hands-on archaeology surveys, backcountry adventures, rim-based tours and photography workshops in the Grand Canyon

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Black bear sighting are rare but there is talk of introducing grizzlies to the Grand Canyon to promote plant diversity and control grazing animals.

A hunter shot the radio-collared wolf in southern Utah mistaking it for a coyote. Utah offers a $50 bounty for the killing of coyotes.

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Visitors are encouraged to use reusable bottles and the free water bottle filling stations throughout the park.

Watch the USA Today video interview of Ken Burns to learn about the hidden gems of the Grand Canyon National Park.

Explore The Strip, see Fremont Street, watch the Bellagio's Fountains, and more.

One major region targeted by scientists to repopulate with wolves is the Grand Canyon, but the Feds said no to wolves north of Hwy 40 near Flagstaff.

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Watch as we take you biking on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in this video. We bike on Hermit Road, ending at Hermit's Rest.

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A mid-air collision occurred on June 30, 1956 when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over the Grand Canyon in Arizona

Watch as the raft overturns at 0:49. Luckily no one was hurt. I'm sure their adrenaline was pumping. The crew that filmed this remarked that the water was very low making the rapids more hazardous.

Researchers are cautiously optimistic that the toxic blood-lead levels in endangered California condors living near the Grand Canyon seem to be down.

What do you get when you cross a bison with beef cattle? Something that is wrecking havoc in the Grand Canyon area.

The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument has been awarded international "Night Sky Province" status for its unspoiled quality of its pristine and breathtaking night skies.

Learn about the Grand Canyon's Colorado River and go on your own virtual journey without leaving home. Not as much fun as actually doing it, but very cool nonetheless.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced that more air tour operators will be able to fly over Grand Canyon National Park as long as they're using quiet technology.

The National Park Service is removing the non-native grasses planted in the 1960s and 1970s to reduce water use and discourage non-native elk from grazing.