Two out of three Utah voters support restoring greater protections to all of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
Category: National Monuments
President Trump attempts to unlawfully shrink two Utah national monuments and reduce the role of tribes in managing their ancestral lands.
A Senate deadline has passed, and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s good management plan stands.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument bursts into bloom each spring. See some of our favorite desert wildflowers.
In a victory for Grand Canyon tribes and Arizona voters, a federal court has dismissed a lawsuit attacking Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
From Arches, to Canyonlands, to Mesa Verde, materials about Native history, science, and climate change in national parks across the Colorado Plateau are targeted for federal review.
What might happen on the ground at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah if the monument’s management plan is tossed out?
Is Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument a test case in a new strategy to undo national monument protections across the country?
Roadless forests in Utah are far more valuable for fish and wildlife habitat and recreation than for timber production.
Up to 120 million acres of our public lands could be available for sale under the Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation bill.
Rumors that six national monuments may soon be rolled back are raising concerns about public lands protections.
Six Native American tribes with cultural connections to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument come together to advocate for their ancestral lands.
The new administration seems to think getting rid of national monuments will solve an imaginary national energy emergency. It won’t.
A review of national monuments threatens beloved natural and cultural landscapes protected under the Antiquities Act.
Lawsuits targeting Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni national monument were at odds with Arizona voters, 80% of whom support the monument.
80% of Arizona voters support Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument, according to a new poll.
Utah voters strongly support national monuments in general, and Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in particular, a new poll shows.
A small victory in the legal case challenging Daneros uranium mine, near Bears Ears National Monument.
Bears Ears petroglyph panels and cultural sites protected by new proposed management plan.
Find out how the Bureau of Land Management is planning to protect old-growth forests, creeks, canyons, fossils, and more in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
A rally in Salt Lake City followed by a spiritual walk in White Mesa demonstrate the Ute community’s determination to see uranium mill close.
Native peoples have been cultivating the Four Corners potato in the American Southwest as far back as 10,000 to 11,000 years ago.
For Hopi Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma, the Grand Canyon region is home to many cultural and religious sites that are still very much alive today.
Proposal to build massive communications tower on state lands inside Bears Ears National Monument withdrawn
Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument is 1 year old. Learn about the cultural resources, waters, and plants and animals it protects.
More than 275,000 pounds of radioactive materials imported from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency headed to Utah’s White Mesa Mill.
Last year, 13 Native American tribes asked President Biden to designate a new national monument. Today, Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument represents decades of tireless advocacy by Southwest tribes.
The new Grand Canyon national monument allows traditional uses like hunting and ranching to continue.
Hidden in Grand Staircase-Escalante’s geologic steps are clues to the ancient past, carefully preserved as fossils.
Across the monument, a permanent mining ban prevents new mining claims from being staked. But there are some exceptions.