North Rim recovery plan shapes Grand Canyon's wildest side
North Rim Recovery Plan
National Park Service· Grand Canyon National Park, North RimNPS Planning (PEPC) project page ↗
NPS PEPCWe track this on the agency’s own system of record, where most on-the-ground decisions live.
The groups on this fight
4 groups work Arizona
Likely to care, a guess from footprint by the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Center for Biological Diversity
Likely to care · a guess, not linked to this decision
Works Arizona: tucson-based litigant that in 2003 pressured BLM to order Grupo Mexico/Asarco to remove an illegal pipeline, powerline, and road crossing the monument near the Silver Bell mine.
- Grand Canyon Trust
Likely to care · a guess, not linked to this decision
Works Arizona: intervened in federal court to defend the monument designation against the Arizona Legislature's lawsuit.
- Sierra Club
Likely to care · a guess, not linked to this decision
Works Arizona: the Grand Canyon Chapter has been co-plaintiff with Western Watersheds Project in the monument grazing litigation, including the 2021 case that produced the 2024 restricted-grazing plan.
- Western Watersheds Project
Likely to care · a guess, not linked to this decision
Works Arizona: sued BLM over monument grazing in 2013 and again in 2021 with Advocates for the West as counsel; the August 2023 ruling halted grazing authorizations, and BLM's December 2024 plan allows grazing only in years with above-average precipitation and forage.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
This plan sets the future of wildlife habitat and wilderness character on Grand Canyon's remote North Rim.
What’s at risk
The North Rim's ecological integrity and wilderness quality are at stake. Without a strong recovery plan, natural resources and wildlife habitat could remain degraded.
If we stay silent
A well-supported plan locks in restoration priorities for one of the most ecologically significant and remote areas in the national park system.
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
3 holes in the agency’s own analysis
Make these points, in your own words
- I support this action and urge the agency to advance it.
- Support the North Rim Recovery Plan to restore natural resources and wildlife habitat in one of Grand Canyon National Park's most remote and ecologically significant areas.
- This plan addresses long-term degradation at the North Rim, and approving it will help recover the wilderness character that makes this part of Grand Canyon National Park unique.
- The recovery plan covers visitor infrastructure alongside natural resource restoration, ensuring the North Rim remains accessible while its ecosystems are protected.
- Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
In the agency’s own words
North Rim Recovery: Fall 2026 Public Involvement
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