As 2024 draws to a close, we look back at five maps we created this year that give us hope for 2025.
Category: Volunteers in Action
The federal government will determine if the charismatic blue bird should be listed as threatened or endangered.
We can’t wait to meet you in a canyon, along a creek, or in the high alpine meadows of the Colorado Plateau.
Pronghorn and barbed wire fences don’t mix, but volunteers are working to change that, one wire at a time.
Four fascinating facts about pinyon jays that will have you ready to birdwatch in the name of conservation.
Volunteers do the heavy lifting so native plants and wildlife have healthy water sources in the forest.
Some good old-fashioned weed removal helps scientists understand what healthy forests look like.
Grand Canyon Trust volunteers document pinyon jay sightings to help protect the pinyon and juniper forests they rely on.
We need your help to maintain the beautiful rock strata that we see in the Grand Canyon.
Aspen trees in a fenced portion of Pando, the world’s largest aspen clone, are reaching for the sky. Learn about the effort.
In the desert, water is life. But what happens when that water is radioactive?
This Earth Day, we’re celebrating a few animals that call the Colorado Plateau home.
Navajo farmer Rose Marie Williams makes the case for putting down your phone and working your hands in the soil.
What are signs of cattle grazing on our public lands? Volunteers find out in a three-day training.
If the map you’re looking for doesn’t exist, collect the data and make it yourself.
An interview with Navajo farmer Ronalda Thomas about traditional farming and cultural connections.
We catch up with Navajo farmer Darrell Yazzie to discuss culture and the revitalization of Indigenous farming techniques.
Join us in the field to see the potential of ungrazed lands in Utah and Colorado. Volunteer today.
We’re still looking for volunteers to join us in the field. Sign up for a volunteer trip today!
Liz Blair met her sweetie on a Trust volunteer trip a few years back. She describes how the relationship sprouted, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
From Glen Canyon Dam to city council to a community art auction. Meet three students making a difference.
I came knowing close to nothing and walked away feeling that the work I contribute will help keep our public lands beautiful and strong.
North of the Grand Canyon, barbed wire fences stop North America’s fastest land animal in its tracks. We’re changing that.
We’re still looking for a few volunteers to help us protect native species on the Colorado Plateau.
On the Kaibab Plateau, young Hopi workers team up to break rock, shovel dirt, and hoist logs, protecting lakes north of the Grand Canyon.
Turns out protecting Grand Canyon springs for animals like bobcats, hawks, and bighorn sheep, requires some heavy lifting.
Close-cropped plants, droppings, and goat hair caught on plants and rocks: on the trail of mountain goats in Utah’s La Sal Mountains.
We need to stop locking science up in the lab, and bring it to the people.