National Parks and Public Lands

Grand Canyon National Park has reopened South Rim overnight lodging — including El Tovar, Bright Angel Lodge, Maswik Lodge, Delaware North’s Yavapai Lodge and Trailer Village — after crews completed complex repairs on a failing water pipeline and resumed pumping without identifying new breaks. The park will operate under enhanced water restrictions until storage tanks are adequately refilled, urging visitors to conserve water and hikers to bring or treat their own supply; the closure was the second halt for repairs to the late-1960s pipeline, which is undergoing a $208 million rehabilitation begun in 2023.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife confirmed the presence of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, during routine monitoring at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. NDOW said no bats showed clinical signs, called it Nevada’s first detection, and outlined steps to limit spread, including equipment sterilization, habitat protection, public education, and urging visitors to avoid abandoned mines.