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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ — A Senate subcommittee held a hearing today on the Grand Canyon Protection Act, an important step toward passage of legislation that will protect about 1 million acres of public lands near Grand Canyon National Park from toxic uranium mining. The Grand Canyon Protection Act would make permanent a ban […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ — Conservation groups joined the Havasupai Tribe today to denounce the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s approval of a key permit for a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon’s south rim. On Friday the Havasupai Tribe sent a letter to Arizona officials reasserting its opposition to the mine […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ — The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) approved an aquifer protection permit late Thursday, April 28, 2022 for a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park. The mine, owned by Energy Fuels Resources, has a history of flooding as it depletes shallow groundwater aquifers that express […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Report and Story Maps Detail Radioactive Waste Threat Near Bears Ears WHITE MESA, UT — A new Grand Canyon Trust research report and interactive story map collection released today detail how the White Mesa uranium mill, a mile from Bears Ears National Monument, has become America’s cheapest radioactive waste dump. The report, […]
Flagstaff, AZ – On Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at 3:00 pm MST, former Navajo Nation Chairman and first President of the Navajo Nation, Peterson Zah, will receive the 2021 Grand Canyon Trust Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes exceptional individuals who have accomplished significant conservation for the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau. Zah will be […]
Flagstaff, AZ — On November 2, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new safeguards to reduce methane pollution. The Grand Canyon Trust welcomes the EPA’s proposed safeguards as an important and timely step in the right direction to slow climate change. These safeguards will create efficiency, ensure fair returns on natural resources the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ — A group of Native voices is kicking off Native American Heritage month with a new multimedia story collection that celebrates the Little Colorado River’s life-giving waters. “Lifeways of the Little Colorado River” features personal narratives, videos, and audio stories from Indigenous sheepherders, scholars, farmers, musicians, activists, artists, and more. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden will take action on Friday, October 8 to restore protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Watch the White House signing ceremony with President Biden › On December 4, 2017, then-President Trump attempted to reduce the boundaries of Bears Ears by 85 percent and Grand […]
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — The Grand Canyon Trust welcomes the $3 billion program to clean up abandoned hardrock mines passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 15, 2021. The program, funded by a bipartisan amendment attached to a larger legislative package, will assist local communities across the nation that have suffered the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ — The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) proposed an aquifer protection permit Wednesday for a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park with a history of flooding. The mine flooding threatens to deplete shallow aquifers and contaminated water is putting regional aquifers and the springs they […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Today, a Utah federal District Court ruled in favor of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) challenge to protect iconic Utah public lands from the Alton mining expansion. Filed by Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the Grand Canyon Trust, Utah […]
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — We’re incredibly grateful to have Deb Haaland as our new interior secretary. She brings a unique set of skills and experiences to the position including a deep knowledge of land issues and tribal sovereignty, demonstrated success working with all sides to advance conservation in Congress, political chops as a party leader in […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ — The Grand Canyon Trust is pleased to welcome Jim Enote, CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation, as the new chair of the organization’s board of trustees. Enote was elected to a 3-year term on February 5, 2021, assuming the reins from retiring board chair and former superintendent of Grand […]
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — An assault on Congress as we saw this last week is an assault on democracy. The response to it laid bare the ongoing, tragic racial disparity and injustice in our nation. If those responsible are not held accountable, our democratic institutions at all levels could very well succumb to the same type […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT — The Trump administration pushed forward today with leasing tar sands across 2,100 acres of public lands in northeastern Utah near the Green River, updating a plan from 2013 just weeks before leaving office. Producing fuel from tar sands generates up to twice the climate pollution and requires […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ — A new 2-minute whiteboard video released today by the Center for Western Priorities and the Grand Canyon Trust, in partnership with the Havasupai Community, explains the risks of mining uranium in the Grand Canyon region. Please accept statistics, marketing cookies to watch this video. The animated video highlights the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — Washington, D.C. — A coalition of conservation groups filed a motion to intervene today to oppose a preliminary permit for a hydropower project near the Little Colorado River by the same company that proposed two similar projects last year. Earthjustice is representing the Grand Canyon Trust, Save the Colorado, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — Conservation groups filed a formal legal petition today urging the U.S. Forest Service to stop allowing the placement of hundreds of commercial honeybee hives on national forest lands without proper environmental review. Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, are important agricultural crop pollinators, but have been […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Grand Canyon Centennial Protect Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act makes permanent a ban on new uranium mining on about 1 million acres of public land adjacent to, and hydrologically and […]
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — We stand in support of and in solidarity with Black communities, today and every day. As George Floyd’s, Breonna Taylor’s, Dion Johnson’s, and Ahmaud Arbery’s names have been added to a growing list of people killed because of the color of their skin, we know change isn’t optional, it is necessary. Across the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHOENIX, AZ — On Friday, May 22, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued a decision in favor of the operator of a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon Trust is disappointed in the court’s ruling, which helps clear the way for Canyon Mine to […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuba City, NAVAJO NATION — The 13 Native-led small businesses and non-profit ventures selected from a pool of nearly 50 applications for the competitive Change Labs 2020 Business Incubator Cohort share a passion for their work, a hunger to learn, and a drive to make things better for their families, their communities, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flagstaff, AZ — A new Grand Canyon Trust research report released today details serious problems at a uranium mine south of Grand Canyon National Park. The report, “Canyon Mine: Why No Uranium Mine is “Safe” for the Grand Canyon Region,” chronicles the mine’s history, including escalating flooding and spraying of water contaminated […]
Uranium-mining companies with mining claims near the Grand Canyon and Bears Ears may soon be receiving a boost from the U.S. government.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ — The Grand Canyon Trust opposes the Trump administration’s decision to unravel a complex grazing-privilege buyout the Trust helped broker two decades ago to protect the Escalante River canyons in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from much of the damage wrought by cattle grazing. Owing to this free-market arrangement made in […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ — A group of Native leaders is setting the tone for the next century of Grand Canyon National Park with a new collection of stories about their cultural ties to the Grand Canyon. “The Voices of Grand Canyon,” which features words, videos, and audio stories from Navajo, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Salt Lake City, UT — Today, sovereign tribal nations and local and national groups, all plaintiffs in the federal court cases challenging the legality of the Trump administration’s reductions of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, released a joint statement. This statement comes in response to the Bureau of Land Management’s […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUBA CITY, NAVAJO NATION — The Change Labs business incubator is accepting applications for its 2020 cohort from now until February 19, 2020. The business incubator will select 10 high-potential Native American entrepreneurs for a 12-month program designed to launch or accelerate small business startups. Applications must be submitted online by the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Moab, UT — On New Year’s Eve, the Utah office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a 5-year, $75 million dollar financial agreement to support the continued destruction of pinyon pine, juniper, and sagebrush ecosystems throughout Utah. The BLM committed up to $75 million dollars to the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative […]