See a map of burn severity in the Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires, which burned more than 200,000 acres on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in 2025.
Resource Issue: Climate
See a map of the areas the Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires burned on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in the summer of 2025, destroying the lodge and numerous other park buildings.
The rules for managing the Colorado River expire at the end of 2026. There isn’t enough water in the Colorado River to go around. Learn more and download the fact sheet.
Below Glen Canyon Dam, nonnative fish like smallmouth bass are threatening imperiled humpback chub in the Grand Canyon. Get the facts.
Climate change and rising demand for water across the thirsty West are shrinking Lake Powell. It’s time to address the dam’s design flaws. Read the fact sheet.
LeaderShift is an immersive environmental justice and advocacy training program for students between the ages of 18 and 27.
On November 17, 2023, the Navajo Nation filed a motion to intervene in the preliminary permit proceeding for the proposed Western Navajo No. 2 hydropower project. Read the motion.
Read the preliminary permit approval for the proposed Chuska Mountain hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
A map of the cumulative depth of snow across the western U.S. during the 2022-2023 winter.
A graph of total monthly inflow into Lake Powell 2000-2023 and how full Lake Powell was.
This graph shows the maximum flow recorded in the Colorado River below Glenwood Springs, Colorado, during the months of May, June, and July from 1999-2023.
The Grand Canyon Trust submitted comments to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which is developing new guidelines for how the Colorado River is managed after 2026. Read our comments.
Navajo Nation chapters and agencies oppose the proposed Black Mesa dams. Read the resolutions.
Read the preliminary permit application for the proposed Chuska Mountain hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
Read the preliminary permit application for the proposed Western Navajo No. 2 hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
Read the preliminary permit application for the proposed Western Navajo No. 1 hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
The preliminary permit application for the proposed Chuska Mountain North hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
The Trust submitted comments on modifying flow operations from Glen Canyon Dam to prevent smallmouth bass from establishing in the Grand Canyon.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A settlement agreement filed today in Utah federal court could keep millions of tons of coal in the ground, while influencing how the federal government considers the financial cost of climate change when leasing coal. The agreement ends a lawsuit filed in 2015 by WildEarth Guardians and the […]
A settlement agreement filed in Utah federal court could keep millions of tons of coal in the ground.
The Navajo Nation opposes a preliminary permit application for a massive hydropower project along Black Mesa.
Grand Canyon Trust filed a motion to intervene in the preliminary permit proceeding for the proposed Black Mesa hydropower project.
Comments on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s proposed revision to operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
The preliminary permit application for the proposed Black Mesa -South hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
A preliminary permit application for the proposed Black Mesa – North hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
The preliminary permit application for the proposed Black Mesa – East hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
The preliminary permit application for the proposed Hurricane Cliffs hydroelectric project located in southern Utah.
A report details significant 2018 greenhouse gas emission sources across the Colorado Plateau and forecasts our future emissions if business continues as usual.
Read the summary of a report that analyzes greenhouse gas emissions across the Colorado Plateau in 2018.