More bodies uncovered in Lake Mead as water level drops
A park visitor reported discovering human remains in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Monday, July 25, according to the National Park Service. Several people have also drowned at Lake Mead this summer. Days later, a second set of human remains was discovered at Lake Mead. “I think anybody can understand there are probably more bodies that have been dumped in Lake Mead,” Las Vegas police Lt. Ray Spencer told KLAS. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.S., according to the National Park Service.
mlive.comThird set of human remains found in Lake Mead
National Park Service (NPS) rangers found a third set of human remains Monday afternoon in Lake Mead as the nation’s largest reservoir continues to dry up amid a years-long extreme drought. NPS said in a release that rangers had discovered the remains at Swim Beach in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area after receiving a witness…
news.yahoo.comFirefighters contain 46-acre wildfire near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
ALGER COUNTY, MICH. -- Firefighters have contained a 46-acre blaze that has been burning since Sunday afternoon south of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, according to a joint statement from the National Park Service and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. At 1:52 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, a large smoke plume was spotted roughly three-quarters of a mile south of Pictured Rocks’ Twelvemile Beach Campground. “Thank you to the DNR firefighters who are continuing to work the area throughout this week.”A cause for the wildfire has not yet been determined. “We remind everyone to be mindful and careful with any activities that might potentially spark a fire.”For more information about fire regulation at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, visit https://www.nps.gov/piro/planyourvisit/firewood.htm. RELATED:Ropes crew rescues Pictured Rocks visitor stranded at Miners FallsDNR firefighters use marsh buggies to contain 200-acre wildfire in U.P.
mlive.comBiologists' fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River
Confirming their worst fears for record-low lake levels, National Park Service fisheries biologists have discovered that a non-native predator fish has made its way through Glen Canyon Dam to the lower Colorado River, where it can prey on ancient native fish they have been working to reestablish.
Biologists' fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River
For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn't belong there. Minutes later, the park service confirmed their worst fear: smallmouth bass had in fact been found and were likely reproducing in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.
news.yahoo.com350-pound bear euthanized in Tennessee after clawing mother, 3-year-old in tent
A 350-pound bear ripped into a sleeping family’s tent inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park before clawing a mother and 3-year-old girl, according to the National Park Service. The two survived the encounter, but “sustained superficial lacerations to their heads,” the park service said in a news release. Investigators say the attack happened Sunday at the Elkmont Campground, a 200-site camping area eight miles southwest of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. “After gaining access to the inside of the tent, the bear scratched a 3-year-old girl and her mother. The father was able to scare the bear from the tent and campsite, but only after several attempts.
mlive.comClimber dies during summit attempt on Alaska's Denali
A climber has died after collapsing while attempting to summit Alaska's Denali mountain, the National Park Service said Saturday. The climber, 48-year-old Fernando Birman of Stockton, New Jersey, collapsed Friday evening at an elevation of 19,700 feet (6,004 meters) while on an attempt to reach the top of the 20,310-foot (6,190-meter) peak, the park service said. The park service statement said Birman's guides initiated CPR but he never regained his pulse.
news.yahoo.comYellowstone bison gores visitor and flings her 10 feet, park says
The 25-year-old woman from Grove City, Ohio, whose name has not been released by the National Park Service, got within 10 feet of a female bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin on Monday morning, according to a news release.
washingtonpost.comUpdated tennis, pickleball courts coming to Ypsilanti-area park through $189K grant
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Renovated tennis courts, space for pickleball and improvements to walkways are coming to an Ypsilanti Township park thanks to a federal grant from the National Park Service meant to protect outdoor spaces at the local level. The money will help the township update tennis courts which have fallen into disrepair, as well as put in some pickleball courts and a rain garden, said Ypsilanti Township Residential Services Director Mike Hoffmeister. “The Community Center Park in Ypsilanti Township has long been a place where family and friends have come together to enjoy the great outdoors,” Dingell, who represents the area in Washington, said in a statement. The money in the fund comes from investments of earnings from offshore oil and gas leases, which are then funneled to recreation and conservation areas across the country. The township park is already home to a $500,000 skate park opened in 2020 with funding from a pair of national foundations and the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission.
mlive.comNative American confirmed as head of National Park Service
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as National Park Service director, which will make him the first Native American to lead the agency that oversees more than 131,000 square miles of parks and other landmarks.
Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston gets historic designation
FILE - In this March 29, 2016, file photo, signs call attention to the house where slain African-American leader Malcolm X spent part of his childhood in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. According to the National Park Service the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in February 2021. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)BOSTON – Malcolm X’s boyhood home in Boston was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The former Malcolm Little was a teenager in the 1940s when he came to live with his sister, Ella Little Collins. Little Collins, who was a civil rights organizer in her own right, became her brother’s legal guardian after his father died and his mother was institutionalized.