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Since its inception in 1993, the Grand Canyon Field Institute (GCFI) has conducted hundreds of educational programs attended by participants from around the globe. A program of the non-profit Grand Canyon Association, GCFI's faculty shares the rich …
Continue Reading about Grand Canyon Field Institute Announces 2010 Program
From its natural gas shuttle buses to a robust recycling program, Grand Canyon National Park has been hard at work in recent years adopting "green" business practices. The latest bright idea has the park turning to the sun for a helping hand. In …
Continue Reading about Park’s Carbon Footprint Drops a Size with New Solar Panels
In the course of my fifteen years residing Grand Canyon National Park I have heard countless stories from visitors for whom the Grand Canyon has forever changed their lives. The list includes a school teacher from Taipei, a retired banker from Paris, …
Continue Reading about Giving Back: Volunteer Opportunities at Grand Canyon
February 26th was a day of speeches, ribbon cutting, and cake for all on the South Rim. The date marked the 90th anniversary for Grand Canyon National Park. With the stroke of a pen on February 26, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson added Grand Canyon to …
Continue Reading about Twin Ceremonies Celebrate Park’s History and Future
In recent years the mining industry has staged a dramatic comeback in the western states, driven primarily by rising oil prices across the globe. Natural gas exploration and drilling on public lands have perhaps garnered the most headlines, but the …
Continue Reading about Uranium Mines Proposed Within Sight of Grand Canyon
