GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Heavy-lift helicopters are being used to drop water on a wildfire burning in a remote area of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and an adjacent national forest. Officials say the fire started July 25 by lightning has become more active recently […]
WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — An 8-week-old wildfire that for weeks had minimal growth and smoke is now more active in and near the Grand Canyon due to strong gusty winds and below-normal moisture. The fire burning on the national park and adjacent Kaibab (KYE’-bab) National Forest poses no danger to […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Italian real estate company that has long eyed development outside the Grand Canyon’s South Rim again is seeking permission to improve forest roads and run utilities to its property in the tiny town of Tusayan. Stilo Development Group USA and Tusayan asked the U.S. Forest […]
FREDONIA, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire being allowed to burn on the Arizona Strip north of the Grand Canyon has grown to 2.6 square miles (7 square kilometers) within a much larger planning area where public-land managers say the fire is removing excess vegetation from the forest floor. The lightning-caused […]
KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz.-Per a report in the St. George News, as of Friday morning at 8:00 am MST the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service have implemented additional fire restrictions (Stage II fire restrictions) across the North Kaibab Ranger District. These restrictions have been imposed at the […]
KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz.-(ADOT)-Per the official Twitter of the Arizona Department of Transportation, Arizona S.R. 67, the route to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is slated to reopen Tuesday. This route connects at U.S. 89-A at Jacob Lake en route to the North Rim and opens up complete […]
