Friends Group · Death Valley, CA
Death Valley Natural History Association
Named for Death Valley
14 staff + 17 volunteers78¢ to the workFounded 1954
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Death Valley?
19 groups have it in their care
National park in California, 3.41M acres, managed by the National Park Service, designated in 1994.
Likely to care
Groups likely to care about Death Valley
These 2 groups are a guess from each group's stated mission and where it works, not a record of work on this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Friends Group · Bishop, CA
Friends of the Inyo
Death Valley is written into their mission
15 staff + 300 volunteers73¢ to the workFounded 1986
17 more work nearby but are not tied to Death Valley on the record
On the ground in California
Channel Islands Park FoundationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupLassen AssociationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupPoint Reyes National Seashore AssociationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupSave the Redwoods LeagueThey work only in CaliforniaLand TrustCalifornia Wilderness CoalitionThey work only in CaliforniaGrassrootsKlamath Forest AllianceCalifornia is one of the 2 states they work inFriends Group
More ways in
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens AssociationsThey work only in CaliforniaCoalitionSierra Forest LegacyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupVentana Wilderness AllianceThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupRecreational Boaters of CaliforniaThey work only in CaliforniaRecreationPacific Crest Trail AssociationCalifornia is one of the 3 states they work inTrailsTahoe Rim Trail AssociationCalifornia is one of the 2 states they work inTrailsGolden Gate National Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupRedwood Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupSequoia Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupFriends of the Desert MountainsThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupWestern National Parks AssociationWorking this regionFriends Group
The situation
What’s happening to Death Valley
Salt flats, volcanic craters, sand dunes, and the lowest point in North America, all within the largest national park outside Alaska. Thousands of unpatented mining claims persist inside its boundaries. The push to reopen them for lithium treats this park as a stockpile rather than a sanctuary.
- 1994Upgraded from monument to national park under CDPA
Legacy mining claims being revisited
Source: NPS
No public comment window is open on Death Valley right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
How to stand for Death Valley
GiveGive to Death Valley Natural History Association
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Death Valley, plus any comment window as it opens.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Death Valley: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
Death Valley has defenders. It needs more.
2 more likely to care, Death Valley Natural History Association with 14 staff + 17 volunteers. Find your way in.