More places in Bears Ears National Monument stripped of national monument protections on July 13, 2026. See for yourself at photos.app.goo.gl/EFWSkuUYVPJU...
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This crew is working in the headwaters of North Canyon Wash, a drainage that feeds into the Grand Canyon. This was one of the hardest-hit areas of the 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire, which burned 145,504 acres across the north rim of the Grand Canyon. www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/volunte...
Volunteers Kickstart Recovery on North Rim after Dragon Bravo Wildfire | Grand Canyon Trust
A year after the Dragon Bravo Wildfire burned across the north rim of the Grand Canyon, volunteers are helping the landscape recover.
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From Ogden to Bluff, Utahns all over the state showed up to stand with Tribes and support Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments on Monday. Check out photos from the rallies in our photo essay below.
"We're powered by love": Utahns gather across the state to show support for national monuments
Rallies held from Ogden to Bluff illustrate broad support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase in Utah
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The Navajo Police Department says an empty uranium transport semi-truck rolled over Tuesday afternoon during heavy rain on U.S. 160 near Black Mesa on the Navajo Nation. buff.ly/iDdnDUc
Rollover of uranium ore truck on Navajo Nation prompts calls for investigation
The Navajo Police Department says an empty uranium transport semi-truck rolled over Tuesday afternoon during heavy rain on U.S. 160 near Black Mesa on the Navajo Nation.
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From me: Uranium transport truck rolls over on US 160; no hazard risk
Uranium transport truck rolls over on US 160; no hazard risk
A second uranium transport truck crash has happened in two months. The driver was injured, but no hazardous materials were on board.
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Lake Mead and Lake Powell have fallen to their lowest combined levels on record, a grim milestone in the Colorado River's deepening crisis www.latimes.com/environment/...
'A five-alarm fire': Western reservoirs that supply California fall to record low levels
The Colorado River's largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have declined to the lowest combined levels on record. Researchers say this underscores the urgent need to cut water use.
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Today, Navajo Police Dept responded to a single-vehicle rollover involving a Uranium Transport Semi-Truck on U.S. Highway 160. Authorities confirmed there were no hazardous materials in the cargo container at the time of the accident. Navajo Police Dept Press release: bit.ly/4fr1rmZ
What areas of Bears Ears National Monument were stripped of protections? See for yourself: photos.app.goo.gl/EFWSkuUYVPJU...
Places Cut from Bears Ears National Monument by President Trump's 7-13-26 Proclamation · Oct 8, 2005 – Oct 4, 2025 📸
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New maps show Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments after President Trump slashed them by more than 90% + a timeline of boundary changes since 2017. More at: www.grandcanyontrust.org/resources/ma...
The Monument's boundaries have changed, and the Bears Ears Commission has been terminated, but the five Tribes' responsibility to care for Bears Ears has not. Photo Credits: 1 - Amanda Podmore / 2 - Bruce Hucko / 3-6 - Josh Ewing / 7 - Tim Peterson
"The Tribe depends on Havasu Creek to sustain its life & culture...This is all at risk...if the water is contaminated" -Melinda Yaiva, Havasupai Tribe Urge regulators not to raise the arsenic limit for a uranium mine well near Grand Canyon ➡️ Act now: grandcanyontrust.org/act/arsenic-risk 📷: Ed Moss
A uranium mining company wants Arizona regulators to raise the arsenic limit in a key monitoring well at a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon. The Havasupai Tribe is asking the public to urge regulators to say NO. www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/arsenic...
Arsenic Raises Concern at Grand Canyon Uranium Mine | Grand Canyon Trust
A mining company claims rising arsenic levels in a monitoring well at Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the Grand Canyon are natural. Are they?
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The operator of the Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the Grand Canyon is seeking changes to arsenic limits in one monitoring well.
Havasupai leaders oppose plan to raise arsenic limits at uranium mine
The operator of the Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the Grand Canyon is seeking changes to arsenic limits in one monitoring well.
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Congress needs to understand the urgency of rebuilding the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park. A closer look at the North Rim 1 year after the Dragon Bravo Fire via @brandonloomis.bsky.social @joanmeiners.bsky.social @goesbykim.bsky.social @azcentral.com www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Dragon Bravo Fire broke hearts, but Grand Canyon shows its resilience
The Dragon Bravo Fire burned across 150,000 acres and destroyed the historic lodge at the North Rim, but work to repair it started almost immediately.
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📢 Urgent request from the Havasupai Tribe re: Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the Grand Canyon. ➡️ Contact AZ Dept of Environmental Quality at peters.karen@azdeq.gov & urge them not to raise the arsenic limit at one of the mine's monitoring wells, putting the Tribe's drinking water at risk.
A federal appeals court has revived Utah’s lawsuit against the federal government that seeks to shrink two national monuments in the state’s red rock country. via @jbrookelarsen.bsky.social @sltrib.com www.sltrib.com/news/environ...
Utah’s lawsuit to overturn national monument boundaries revived by appeals court
Utah's lawsuit challenging Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments was previously dismissed. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision on Tuesday.
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The deadline to throw out the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument plan with a simple majority vote in the Senate has passed. Now, if Sen. Lee still tries to overturn the plan under the Congressional Review Act, the resolution must receive 60 votes in the Senate.
Mike Lee’s fast-track attempt to scrap Grand Staircase management plan fails
The Senate missed the 60-day window that would have allowed lawmakers to scrap the national monument's management plan with a simple majority vote
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🥵 With extreme heat at the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service is encouraging visitors to stay off Inner Canyon trails from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.nps.gov/grca/learn/n...
Three Apparent Heat-Related Deaths on Trips in Inner Canyon of Grand Canyon National Park - Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
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Prickly poppies abloom in the White Sage burn scar north of the Grand Canyon.
“We really have to address the underlying problem that we are using more water than Mother Nature is providing” via @brandonloomis.bsky.social www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Another dry winter will 'crash' the Colorado River, experts warn
Colorado River experts reviewed water usage rates and found that a dry winter will 'crash' reservoirs. A wet one will only delay the crisis, they say.
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Plans to expand White Mesa uranium mill: "White Mesa residents & Ute Mountain Ute reps raised concerns about...groundwater contamination, cultural-resource protections & whether the community would have meaningful input before any decision is made." @lpmckay.bsky.social www.ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd...
White Mesa residents raise concerns over proposed mill expansion
Utah regulators met with White Mesa residents Monday about Energy Fuels’ proposed rare earth expansion at the White Mesa Mill.
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ICYMI: Scientists worry contamination from Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the Grand Canyon could one day reach the Havasupai people’s drinking water: www.knau.org/knau-and-ari...
Scientists, uranium mining company clash on allowing higher arsenic levels in groundwater
Energy Fuels Resources wants state regulators to allow higher levels of arsenic in a groundwater monitoring well. But two scientists have filed objections to the proposal.
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Scientists and research organizations are urging Congress and federal officials not to overturn the management plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah.
Researchers urge Congress not to scrap Grand Staircase-Escalante management plan
Scientists and research organizations are urging Congress and federal officials not to overturn the management plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah.
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Op-ed: Navajo Nation Senior Anthropologist Erik Stanfield details how a robust and democratic public process led to a compromise plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – the same plan Utah politicians are trying to eliminate. Read: tinyurl.com/yx6d2c6w Act: tinyurl.com/36jjdz75
Voices: GOP leaders say local interests were ignored in the Grand Staircase-Escalante planning process. That’s not what I saw.
“This is bigger than one monument plan,” writes Erik Stanfield in an op-ed. “Democratic erosion rarely begins with the dramatic abolition of public process.”
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The North Rim of the Grand Canyon has reopened eight months after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned 145,000 acres and destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.
Grand Canyon officials reopen North Rim after last summer’s Dragon Bravo Fire
The North Rim of the Grand Canyon has reopened eight months after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned 145,000 acres and destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.
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Science writer @melissasevigny.bsky.social does a deep dive on last summer's Dragon Bravo Fire on the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park: www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/after-t...
After the Fires: Restoring the Grand Canyon's North Rim | Grand Canyon Trust
In 2025, fires raged across the Grand Canyon's north rim. What does the future hold for the forests, people, and economies of the North Rim?
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“This court decision is a huge win for the sacred land and water of the region and for Arizonans and Americans alike,” said Amber Wilson-Reimondo, of Grand Canyon Trust, in a statement to Unicorn Riot.
Unicorn Riot@unicornriot.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW: Indigenous Grand Canyon National Monument Designation Wins in Appeals Court An Arizona Republican-led lawsuit challenging Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument was unanimously dismissed by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. unicornriot.ninja/2026/indigen...
Indigenous Grand Canyon National Monument Designation Wins in Appeals Court Arizona Republican-led lawsuit challenging Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument unanimously dismissed. unicornriot.ninja/2026/indigen...
Indigenous Grand Canyon National Monument Designation Wins in Appeals Court - UNICORN RIOT
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed two lawsuits that alleged that former President Joseph Biden unlawfully designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument in August 2023.
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A uranium ore truck headed from the Pinyon Plain Mine to Utah crashed on the Navajo Nation near Shonto Wednesday. Officials say no radiation leak was detected.
Uranium ore truck crashes on Navajo Nation, no radiation leak detected
A uranium ore truck headed from the Pinyon Plain Mine to Utah crashed on the Navajo Nation near Shonto Wednesday. Officials say no radiation leak was detected.
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From me: ‘Semi-truck transporting uranium involved in accident on Navajo Nation’
Semi-truck transporting uranium involved in accident on Navajo Nation
A uranium transport truck traveling from Pinyon Plain Mine to White Mesa Mill was in an accident near Highway 160 and Route 98 near Shonto, Arizona.
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