Colorado is home to four national parks: Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Great Sand Dune National Park and Preserve, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/nearly-all-national-park-sites-close-during-government-shutdown

Fruita is a small town about halfway between Moab and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park that’s best known as home to Mike, a local chicken that was able to survive without a head for 18 months in the 1940s.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/oct/29/2-weeks-11-national-parks-3350-miles-savor-the-southwest-on-the-grand-circle-road-trip/

PHOENIX — A crash closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 17 near Black Canyon City, but they have since reopened.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5551544/northbound-lanes-on-interstate-17-closed-near-black-canyon-city/

The group pitched the benefits of prescribed burns while leading a short hike near the Black Canyon Campground just east of Santa Fe, highlighting forested areas that had benefited from past burns carried out safely.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2596754/defenders-of-the-flame-coalition-says-controlled-burns-help-keep-new-mexico-forests-healthy.html