An August 2026 poll shows strong support among Utah voters for restoring protections to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
Resource Issue: Public lands
Find out how roadless conservation protects wildlife, drinking water, and clean air on the Colorado Plateau.
The Grand Canyon Trust is deeply disappointed by today’s presidential action attempting to gut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments for a second time.
The Grand Canyon Trust’s 2025 map of national monuments, national parks, landmarks, plants, and animals across the Colorado Plateau.
See a map of the Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Navajo, Southern Paiute, Yavapai-Apache, and Zuni tribes’ traditional connections to the Grand Canyon region.
A map of the traditional tribal connections to the Grand Canyon.
For more than 600 generations, the Bears Ears cultural landscape has been a homeland to Native American tribes. Learn the history of Bears Ears.
Join our community science project to help protect pinyon jays and pinyon and juniper forests. Start your online training today.
Arizona voters strongly support Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni national monument near the Grand Canyon.
Voters in Utah overwhelmingly support Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
A December 2024 poll of 500 voters across Utah found strong public support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
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.
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.
See a map of public lands and tribal lands across northern Arizona, southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and northwest New Mexico.
Take a look at some of the Grand Canyon Trust’s top successes since 1985.
The U.S. District Court of Utah dismissed a lawsuit challenging Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
We protect the Grand Canyon, stand up for national monuments, support Native communities, and advocate for healthy forests, waters, and grasslands. View the brochure.
Utah coal company agrees to put dollar figure on the climate change cost of burning coal it wants to mine.
The state of Utah is suing to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase. Tribes and conservation groups are pushing back.
The Bureau of Land Management’s decision to deny motorized access to some federal lands in southern Utah was upheld by the Interior Board of Land Appeals.
This interactive map shows Trust volunteers’ progress replacing barbed wire fences in northern Arizona to help pronghorn move across the landscape.
See a map of public and tribal lands on the Colorado Plateau from 2021.
Learn about springs and seeps in the Grand Canyon in this interactive map.
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 […]
The Utah Federal District Court says cost of greenhouse gas emissions was not adequately considered for expansion of Alton Coal mine.
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 […]