Dragon Bravo Fire

The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is back open, and officials are keeping an eye out for floods this summer following last year's Dragon Bravoe Fire.

The North Rim of the Grand Canyon reopened Friday eight months after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned 145,000 acres and destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.

The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park including the entire North Kaibab Trail will reopen to the public on May 15.

Experts attribute the drop in visitors to Grand Canyon National Park to last summer’s Dragon Bravo Fire.

Managers on the Kaibab National Forest are planning thousands of acres of prescribed burns north of the Grand Canyon that could begin as early as Tuesday.

The National Park Service has released its executive summary of the Dragon Bravo Fire’s impacts on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and surrounding forest land.

Arizona’s U.S. senators plan to introduce a bill designed to fast-track reconstruction on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park following last summer’s Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires.

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park say they could reopen the North Kaibab Trail and parts of the Arizona National Scenic Trail on May 15 after closures from last summer's Dragon Bravo Fire.

The House Committee on Natural Resources this week unanimously passed a bill that would speed up the rebuilding process on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Last summer’s Dragon Bravo Fire devastated the economies of many northern Arizona communities near the Grand Canyon. KNAU spoke with Rep. Eli Crane about his efforts to speed up rebuilding the North Rim.