Marnie Hunter and Liz Stark, CNN • Updated 3rd February 2021
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(CNN) Face masks are now required in US national parks when visitors can t maintain physical distance and in all National Park Service buildings to help protect against the spread of coronavirus.
The National Park Service mask requirement for all employees and visitors was announced by the Department of Interior in a news release Tuesday afternoon. Getting outside and enjoying our public lands is essential to improving mental and physical health, but we all need to work together to recreate responsibly, said NPS Office of Public Health Director Captain Sara Newman, in the release.
Navy veteran’s bet led to living in Japan, show business and now a food channel on YouTube
This vegetable pancake created with wheat-based flour, is a savory Japanese dish, which takes about 12 minutes to prepare. Cydonie Brown of Taftville said this dish can be topped with pickled red ginger or shredded carrots, as well as fish flakes, dry seaweed strips and either teriyaki or okonomiyaki sauce. (photo submitted)
Cydonie Brown of Taftville tries on a kimono on Sept. 1, 1999 in Japan. After taking a class on how to wear a kimono in Japan, Brown who is a biracial black/Native American woman, said she was interviewed on a television show, because she didn’t fit the traditional stereotype of a Japanese woman. (photo courtesy of Takashi Fukami)
2022 lottery opens for noncommercial river trips through Grand Canyon National Park An inflatable raft enters a rapid on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. (Source: National Park Service) By KOLD News 13 Staff | February 1, 2021 at 11:38 AM MST - Updated February 1 at 11:45 AM
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The National Park Service began accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park on Monday, Feb. 1. The permits are for specific launch dates within calendar year 2022.
A total of 246 permits will be available for 12- to 25-day river trips. Eligible individuals may apply online at the weighted lottery website. Applications will be accepted online through noon Mountain Standard Time on Feb. 23.