Read the “Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region” report, prepared by Amber Reimondo, which details why northern Arizona and the Grand Canyon region benefit more from tourism and outdoor recreation than from uranium mining.
Related Resources
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.