The majority of the canyon's services and facilities – campgrounds, lodges, guided tours, etc. – are located on the popular South Rim. Because the Grand Canyon ... the area is closed from ...

Uranium extraction had already been restricted in the ... a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon as a new national monument on Tuesday to protect the area from uranium mining ...

Raúl M. Grijalva, a ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee and a Democrat representing southern Arizona, said the effort to have lands adjacent to the Grand Canyon named a ...