Advocacy · Flagstaff, AZ
Grand Canyon Trust
Intervened in federal court to defend the monument designation against the Arizona Legislature’s lawsuit
48 staff + 210 volunteers70¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1985
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni?
18 groups have it in their care
National monument in Arizona, 917,618 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, designated in 2023.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
6 groups are on the record for Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Leading the fight
93–98% match
On the ground
Tribal · Boulder, CO
Native American Rights Fund
Represents the Havasupai and Hopi Tribes in court defending the monument designation
78 staff + 20 volunteers66¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1970
Also in the fight
Advocacy · Oakland, CA
Sierra Club
Intervenor in the litigation defending the monument designation
10,895 volunteers81¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1892
Advocacy · Washington, DC
National Parks Conservation Association
Intervenor defending the monument against the Arizona Legislature’s challenge
217 staff + 900 volunteers78¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1919
Legal · Tucson, AZ
Center for Biological Diversity
Intervenor defending the monument designation against the suits seeking to overturn it
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1989
Legal · San Francisco, CA
Earthjustice
Counsel for the conservation groups that intervened to defend the monument and the Antiquities Act
698 staff + 33 volunteers81¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1971
15 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Arizona
Arizona Trail AssociationThey work only in ArizonaTrailsPetrified Forest Museum AssociationThey work only in ArizonaFriends GroupSaguaro National Park TrustThey work only in ArizonaFriends GroupKaibab National Forest FriendsThey work only in ArizonaFriends GroupSonoran InstituteArizona is one of the 4 states they work inCoalitionGlen Canyon InstituteArizona is one of the 2 states they work inFriends Group
More ways in
Southwest Conservation CorpsArizona is one of the 4 states they work inStewardshipWestern National Parks AssociationBased in Tucson, close to the groundFriends GroupGrand Canyon ConservancyThey work only in ArizonaFriends GroupGlen Canyon ConservancyArizona is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupNOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School)Their work includes national parksStewardshipHonor the EarthTheir work includes national parksTribalIntertribal Buffalo CouncilTheir work includes national parksTribalWildEarth GuardiansWorking this regionLegalUtah Diné BikéyahTheir work includes national parksTribal
The situation
What’s happening to Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni
“Where Indigenous peoples roam” in Havasupai. Twenty years of tribal organizing finally protected nearly a million acres around the Grand Canyon from uranium mining. Now mining companies are circling the canyon rim with lease applications in hand, and the monument faces review for reduction.
- 2023Designated as national monument by President Biden
- 2025Monument placed under executive review
- 2025Mining industry lobbying intensifies for boundary reduction
Uranium mining interests push for access
Source: Arizona Republic · March 1, 2025
Monument under executive review
Source: Department of Interior · February 15, 2025
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