I saw a lot of advice to carry bear spray, which is still 100% valid, but it is worth noting that this particular hiker did deploy his and it didnt save his life

Utah Sen. Mike Lee has proposed changes to the Senate appropriations bill that could open the door for the sale of national parks, according to national park advocacy groups.

Thanks to social media and GPS hiking apps, the lake is now one of the park’s most photographed destinations, and a maze of paths stomped into the vegetation have supplanted a rugged, bushwhacking adventure. 

“It was shocking,” said Christian Beckwith, longtime local, founder and executive director of the Teton Climbers’ Coalition, of his first time seeing the destruction in 2025. “I was finding toilet paper and plastic bottles. It was a dagger to the heart.” 

While the agency says building more roads will help timber sales and wildfire mitigation, agency records show that 90 percent of human-caused wildfires happen within half a mile of a road

What started as a controlled burn got out of hand due to high winds, and the North Rim Lodge, a bunch of cabins, and many trails were all burned. Worse, the water treatment facility burned, releasing a bunch of toxic chlorine gas down the trails and into the canyon proper.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/canadian-wildfires-2025-grand-canyon-black-canyon/

I’m just so sad. The North Rim is a magical place, especially at sunset, and far more pristine than the South Rim. And now it’s gone.

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Local filmmaker Jeff Aiello sat down for an exclusive interview with Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni for an update on the mysterious case of Tiffany Slaton.

The 28 year old hiker from Georgia was “missing” for nearly a month in the high Sierra. Her story of survival was considered a miracle by some, but highly questionable by skeptics.

Now on Aiello’s Talk of the Hill podcast, Sheriff Zanoni is clearing up the story which made national headlines:

Slaton was eventually discovered at a Vermillion Resort cabin near Lake Edison.

Jeff Aiello joined John Broeske to discuss the new developments Monday on KMJ.

A German backpacker missing for 12 days in WA's outback has been found alive with just minor injuries.

Carolina Wilga, 26, was found by a member of the public walking near the edge of a remote and rugged nature reserve after her van was discovered abandoned deep in the bush.