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Tim Peterson

Native American tribes to co-manage national monument for first time

Source: Washington Post

News|June 20, 2022

The Biden administration has reached a historic agreement to give five Native American tribes more say over the day-to-day management of a national monument in Utah, marking a new chapter in the... Read Original Story

Jack Dykinga

Biologists try to save ancient fish as Colorado River fades

Source: Associated Press

News|June 14, 2022

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Barrett Friesen steers a motorboat toward the shore of Lake Powell, with the Glen Canyon Dam towering overhead. Pale “bathtub rings” line the canyon’s rocky face, starkly... Read Original Story

Rick Goldwasser

US Senate holds hearing on permanent Grand Canyon uranium mining ban

Source: KNAU

News|June 8, 2022

The U.S. Senate held a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would permanently ban new uranium claims on more than a million acres surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. The Senate Subcommittee on Public... Read Original Story

Blake McCord

The reopening of an uranium mine in Arizona has Indigenous people worried

Source: NPR

News|June 2, 2022

There's a new push to mine more uranium in the U.S. It's rooted in a growing demand for more nuclear power plants to curb climate change. And that's become an incentive for reopening an old uranium... Read Original Story

Ed Moss

Havasupai Tribe sends letter to ADEQ citing concerns over uranium mine

Source: KJZZ

News|May 31, 2022

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality recently granted an aquifer protection permit for a uranium mine located less than 10 miles from a tribal community in the Grand Canyon, but the... Read Original Story

Shane McDermott

Drought is revealing archeological sites that were submerged when Lake Powell filled

Source: NPR

News|May 30, 2022

When the dam that created a major American reservoir was built decades ago, Native American cliff dwellings and artifacts were submerged. Now, they're emerging as drought lowers water levels. The... Read Original Story

Increased fire restrictions to go into effect at Grand Canyon

Source: KNAU

News|May 25, 2022

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park will implement heightened fire restrictions Thursday as hot and dry weather has increased wildfire danger across the region. Under the ban, all campfires and... Read Original Story

Bristlecone Media

Grand Canyon celebrates Inter-Tribal Cultural Heritage Site at Desert View

Source: Navajo-Hopi Observer

News|May 24, 2022

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — After more than five years of work, Grand Canyon National Park celebrated the near completion of the initial phase of turning Desert View into an Inter-tribal Cultural Heritage... Read Original Story

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