Arizona voters strongly support Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni national monument near the Grand Canyon.
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Voters in Utah overwhelmingly support Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
A December 2024 poll of 500 voters across Utah by public opinion research firm New Bridge Strategy found strong public support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, and for national monuments generally. In addition, nearly nine in 10 Utah voters say it is very important for tribes to have a strong role in […]
A December 2024 poll of 500 Arizona voters by public opinion research firm GQR found strong public support for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, which protects precious water sources and the ancestral homelands of Native American tribes near Grand Canyon National Park. Download the poll memo › Download […]
Utah voters strongly support national monuments and Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in particular a December 2024 poll shows.
A December 2024 poll of 500 Arizona voters by public opinion research firm GQR found strong public support for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni.
Use this interactive graph to learn about national park visitation in the U.S. from 1935 to 2023. The graph includes changes in visitation for Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Petrified Forest, Mesa Verde, and Canyonlands national parks. Download a print copy › This graphic may be used for non-commercial purposes provided that they are […]
View the 2024 edition of the Grand Canyon Trust’s Colorado Plateau map of public lands and tribal lands across northern Arizona, southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and northwest New Mexico, newly updated to include Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument (abbreviated BNIK on the map), designated August 8, 2023. Download […]
Since 1985, the Grand Canyon Trust has worked diligently to protect the Grand Canyon and the surrounding Colorado Plateau. Take a look at some of our top accomplishments › Download the 2-page PDF ›
On Friday, August 11, 2023 the U.S. District Court of Utah dismissed lawsuits challenging President Biden’s designation of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. President Biden reinstated both monuments’ boundaries in 2021 after President Trump shrank them in 2017. Read the judge’s order › Download the PDF ›
The Grand Canyon Trust is your steadfast advocate for the Colorado Plateau. We protect the Grand Canyon, stand up for national monuments, support Native communities, and advocate for healthy forests, waters, and grasslands. View the brochure › Download the PDF ›
Join our community science project to help protect pinyon jays and pinyon and juniper forests. Start your online training today.
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 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Conservation groups filed a motion to intervene in two lawsuits challenging President Biden’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments today. The suits, led by the state of Utah, also attack the Antiquities Act itself as unlawful. Nearly five years ago, former President Trump controversially […]
Grand Canyon National Park encompasses the traditional lands of at least 11 tribes — the Havasupai Tribe, Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians, Las Vegas Band of Paiute Indians, Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, Navajo Nation, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, and Yavapai-Apache Nation. […]
The Grand Canyon region is the traditional land of Indigenous peoples who were displaced by genocide, pandemic warfare, and federal policy that radically shrank traditional lands to reservations. Pushed off federal lands, Native people are still here practicing their traditional lifeways. View traditional connections to the Grand Canyon › Download the PDF ›
The Interior Board of Land Appeals upheld a Bureau of Land Management decision denying a right-of-way for an ATV route in Utah’s San Juan County near Bears Ears National Monument. Read the full decision › Download the PDF ›
Since 2011, the Grand Canyon Trust and volunteers have been modifying wire fences in the House Rock Valley of northern Arizona to help pronghorn move across the landscape. This interactive map shows which sections of fence we’ve already modified and which sections we have left to fix.
The Grand Canyon Trust submitted written comments to inform the Department of the Interior’s interagency working group on mining regulations, laws, and permitting. Read our comments › Download the PDF ›
View our 2021 edition map of the Colorado Plateau which includes public lands and tribal lands across northern Arizona, southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and northwest New Mexico. The map also shows the restored boundaries of both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments. Download your PDF copy ›
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Today, a Utah federal District Court ruled in favor of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) challenge to protect iconic Utah public lands from the Alton mining expansion. Filed by Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the Grand Canyon Trust, Utah […]
A decision by the Utah District Court rules in favor of NEPA filing to protect climate and land in southern Utah. The Alton Coal mining operations are located on the doorstep of Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks. Read the decision › Download a PDF of the decision ›
For more than 600 generations, the Bears Ears cultural landscape has been a homeland to Native American tribes. Learn the history of Bears Ears.
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — We’re incredibly grateful to have Deb Haaland as our new interior secretary. She brings a unique set of skills and experiences to the position including a deep knowledge of land issues and tribal sovereignty, demonstrated success working with all sides to advance conservation in Congress, political chops as a party leader in […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UT — The Trump administration pushed forward today with leasing tar sands across 2,100 acres of public lands in northeastern Utah near the Green River, updating a plan from 2013 just weeks before leaving office. Producing fuel from tar sands generates up to twice the climate pollution and requires […]
Are you confused about how to make your comment count in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) public-input process? Read here › Download the PDF ›
Have you ever wondered what to expect when a federal agency says it has to do an environmental impact statement to follow National Environmental Policy Act requirements? What this means for you › Download the PDF ›
The Grand Canyon Trust, along with Center for Biological Diversity, Utah Native Plant Society, and Xerces Society petitioned the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management to eliminate the use of categorical exclusions for permitting honey bee apiaries on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands. Read the full petition › Download the letter ›
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — Conservation groups filed a formal legal petition today urging the U.S. Forest Service to stop allowing the placement of hundreds of commercial honeybee hives on national forest lands without proper environmental review. Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, are important agricultural crop pollinators, but have been […]