“Bryce Canyon, Utah’s last national park to close as the coronavirus swept the nation, is poised to be the first to resume operations May 6 even as new infections climb in other parts of the state.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility this week renewed its long-standing request for the park service to follow the requirements of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978. More than 40 years after that law’s enactment, no major park has identified its appropriate carrying capacity, according to PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse.”