Read the Trust’s comments on the Bureau of Reclamation’s proposed guidelines and management strategies for the coordinated operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
Resource Issue: Climate
See a map of historic wildfires over 5,000 acres on the north rim of the Grand Canyon in between 1986 and 2025.
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.
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.
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.
A graph of total monthly inflow into Lake Powell 2000-2023 and how full Lake Powell was.
A map of the cumulative depth of snow across the western U.S. during the 2022-2023 winter.
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.
Utah coal company agrees to put dollar figure on the climate change cost of burning coal it wants to mine.
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.