Public outcry and bipartisan opposition helped stop a senator’s proposal to sell off public lands in the Senate's budget bill ...

Up to 120 million acres of our public lands could be available for sale. If that happens, hunting, camping, birdwatching, and hiking opportunities would be lost forever.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Native fish species used to thrive in warm, muddy waters across the desert Southwest. The humpback chub is one of those native fish species — holding its own in these ...

Native experts weigh in on the history of tribal lands, sovereignty, and what it means to own land. This blog is distilled from the Native Perspectives virtual series held in partnership with Grand ...

U.S. portion of the Colorado River Basin. Stephanie Smith. The Colorado River Basin covers 246,000 square miles of land — an area just slightly smaller than Texas — that contributes water to the river ...

As the Bureau of Land Management makes plans to mitigate a large pile of abandoned toxic and radioactive mine waste inside the original Bears Ears National Monument, Utah’s Abandoned Mine Reclamation ...

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the U.S. ban on imports of Russian oil, natural gas, and coal, have rekindled concerns about where the United States gets its uranium and sparked renewed ...

The Information Lab analyzed data from annual aquifer protection reports submitted by the owner of Canyon Mine (also known as Pinyon Plain Mine), a contested uranium mine near the Grand Canyon, and ...

If you’ve ever visited the Southwest, you’ve probably walked or driven through pinyon and juniper forests. From Mesa Verde National Park and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to Cibola ...

Native artisans want more locations to sell Native-made arts, crafts, and other products at the Grand Canyon. Tucked in the pines between Sedona and Flagstaff, the switchbacks of Arizona Highway 89A ...

Before the Grand Canyon was a national park, it was the ancestral homeland of Native peoples. Hear voices of the Grand Canyon speak. Experience the Grand Canyon alongside Jim Enote (Zuni), Nikki ...

National monument designations only apply to federally managed lands. The Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument designation thus adds a layer of ...