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Notes from the front lines of conservation on the Colorado Plateau.

10/3/19

Grand Canyon, Uranium, Energy

Stakes Rise for Grand Canyon as Working Group Deliberates

The nuclear power industry is asking President Trump's working group to lift mining bans.

Amy S. Martin

09/30/19

Grand Canyon, Water, Native America

Second Dam Project Would Flood Sacred Site Near Grand Canyon

A new scheme to dam the Little Colorado River would leave a Hopi sacred site underwater.

Jack Dykinga

09/27/19

Grand Canyon, Water

New Dam Proposal Threatens Grand Canyon

The Little Colorado River, above Salt Trail Canyon, is the wrong place to put a dam.

Map by Stephanie Smith and David Vines

09/23/19

Maps, National Monuments

Mapping Pinyon Jay Habitat

A behind the scene look at the process of mapping where pinyon jays live in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Blake McCord

09/11/19

National Monuments

Cows in the Escalante: When A Win-Win Becomes A Lose-Lose

Putting cows back into the Escalante River would undermine the massive effort and millions of dollars already sunk into restoring the landscape.

Alicia Tsosie

09/4/19

Volunteers in Action, Native America, Rising Leaders

The Seeds Are Growing: The Next Generation of Navajo Farmers

Navajo farmer Rose Williams makes the case for putting down your phone and working your hands in the soil.

Lower Calf Creek Falls, Tom Till

08/29/19

National Monuments

Monument Plan Opens Grand Staircase to Mining, Logging

The Trump administration sees a silver lining in opening over half a million monument acres to mining.

Blake McCord

08/27/19

Grand Canyon, Uranium

It's Time to Close a Contaminated Uranium Mine Near the Grand Canyon

A long history of flooding in Canyon Mine near Grand Canyon National Park should prevent regulators from permitting its operation.

08/23/19

Volunteers in Action, Grazing

Citizen Scientists Learn to "Read" Ungrazed Lands

What are signs of cattle grazing on our public lands? Volunteers find out in a three-day training.

Amy S. Martin

08/21/19

Grand Canyon, Uranium, Native America

Support for Permanent Uranium Ban Grows

Tribes, local governments, and business owners support a permanent mining ban.

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