The National Park Service is asking residents and visitors to help shape the Grand Canyon’s North Rim recovery, more than a year after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned nearly 150,000 acres and destroyed buildings and damaged infrastructure across the area. Public comment is open through Nov. 6. The agency has posted an online StoryMap outlining recovery work, a draft vision for the North Rim and three early redevelopment concepts. The ideas are preliminary; feedback will help officials refine them before a long-term recovery plan is completed. The fire began with a lightning strike on July 4, 2025, and burned 149,399 acres across the Kaibab Plateau. Much of the landscape has since begun regenerating naturally, but the blaze destroyed cherished buildings and damaged critical infrastructure. The three concepts offer different approaches to rebuilding: - **Restore and Modernize** would replace developed areas to meet current safety and accessibility standards, restore pre-fire activities and services, and maintain a primary visitor season from May through November. - **Transform** would make the North Rim a four-season destination, with major infrastructure upgrades and a visitor season running roughly April 1 through Jan. 5. - **Expand** would provide year-round access by enlarging the developed area and increasing peak-season capacity, including more lodging and visitor activities and shuttle service to the main peninsula. The Park Service is asking the public to weigh in on whether the lodging proposals meet visitor needs, what the advantages and drawbacks of seasonal or year-round access might be, and which features are most appealing. The agency also wants people to explain their reasoning and identify concerns or ideas missing from the concepts. Comments can be submitted through the National Park Service’s North Rim recovery planning website. An online public meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Oct. 13, with park leaders set to explain the planning process, review the concepts and answer questions. Three in-person open houses are also planned for 6 p.m.: Oct. 19 at the Kanab Center in Kanab, Utah; Oct. 20 in Flagstaff; and Oct. 21 in Tusayan. Locations for the Flagstaff and Tusayan meetings had not been announced as of Oct. 10. The choices could shape how visitors experience the North Rim and how much development and infrastructure the park restores after the fire. The proposal also puts seasonal access, visitor capacity and the scale of rebuilding before the public while the recovery plan is still being developed.