Grand Canyon National Park

Coke Reportedly Persuades Grand Canyon Not To Ban Plastic Water Bottles

AP | FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 01.10.2012

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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A plan to ban the sale of plastic water bottles at the Grand Canyon was scrapped after talks with Coca-Cola,...

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Protecting Our Grand Canyon Makes Sense

Tom Kiernan | Posted 12.14.2011

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Tom Kiernan

The National Parks Conservation Association strongly supports Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar's decision to prevent new uranium claims near the Grand Canyon, and takes odds with the recent Wall Street Journal editorial critical of his action.

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Grand Canyon: Iconic Landscape, Unprecedented Threat

Kieran Suckling | Posted 09.27.2011

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As early as today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a budget rider that would halt years of work to protect the Grand Canyon and the surrounding area from dangerous uranium mining.

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Weekend Essay: Trevails Of The Grand Canyon's One-Eyed Squirrel

High Country News | Nathaniel Brodie | Posted 08.10.2011

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It was a mid-July morning during my fifth summer on Grand Canyon National Park's trail crew, and I arrived at the worksite on the South Kaibab Trail t...

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Group Says Park Service Stalling On Religious Displays

Posted 06.02.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service A national alliance of public employees is accusing the National Park Service of "leadership paralysis" for ...

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