2022 State of the Plateau Address

Ethan Aumack, executive director of the Grand Canyon Trust, celebrates national monument restorations, reflects on our conservation and environmental justice work, and looks forward to moving past COVID in his 2022 State of the Plateau address.

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12/23/24

As 2024 draws to a close, we look back at five maps we created this year that give us hope for 2025.

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12/16/24

A small victory in the legal case challenging Daneros uranium mine, near Bears Ears National Monument.

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12/10/24

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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 […]

A bar graph showing in pink 75% of Utah voters support presidents' ability to protect public lands as national monuments, compared to 25% who oppose in gray bar, from the 2024 Utah National Monuments Poll
Utah voters strongly support national monuments and Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in particular a December 2024 poll shows.