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Mission 48 · Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

Grand Canyon National Park

The agency files it as “North Rim Recovery Plan”

8 days left

Anyone can write to the agency about this until November 6, and it has to answer. What you send before then joins the file a judge is allowed to look at later.

What to go and check

On the North Rim, photograph how people actually use it right now: cars parked at trailheads with a time on the photo, campsites and fire rings, picnic areas, restrooms and signs, and any closed or damaged stretches of trail.

The decision

Grand Canyon National Park is seeking public input on a recovery plan for the North Rim, one of the park's most remote and ecologically significant areas. The plan likely addresses restoration of natural resources, wildlife habitat, and visitor infrastructure following disturbance or long-term degradation. Outdoor enthusiasts, conservation advocates, and local communities who rely on or value the

Read the whole thing, and write to the agency about it

How to record it so it counts

  1. 01Photograph the trailhead or access point with the vehicles in it. Count them and note the time and day.
  2. 02Photograph the pull-off camp spots outside any campground, the fire rings, and the worn paths that show people come here.
  3. 03Sit for a fixed time and count people passing and what they are doing.
  4. 04Write down what you know about how this place gets used across a year.
What would count
  • A vehicle count with the day and time. Weekends and weekdays both, if you can.
  • Fire rings and sites the document says aren’t there.
All of it, with the phone settings, in the field guide
Are you going?

Say yes or no. It tells the next person whether anyone has this ground covered, and it is the only way we know a request was answered rather than just read. You can change your mind any time, and nobody follows up.

Join, then say you’re going

Nobody has answered yet

Before you go
  1. Public land only. Plenty of land inside a national forest or park boundary is privately owned, and that is not yours to walk on. A gate or a closure sign means stop. Check the rules for the specific place you are going, because they differ.
  2. Don’t touch survey stakes, flagging, equipment or anything a crew left. Photograph it; leave it.
  3. Don’t approach crews, contractors or agency staff about the project. Don’t interfere with any operation.
  4. Wildlife at a distance. No drones in wilderness or anywhere they’re prohibited. Stay off closed roads and trails.
  5. If you’re not sure, don’t. Weather, terrain, water, fire and people are your call, and yours alone.

More Than Just Parks doesn’t direct where you go or what you do. Terms.