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Grand Canyon National Park
Stand · Find your defenders

Who’s defending the Grand Canyon?

4 groups likely to care, a guess from mission and footprint

National park in Arizona, 1.22M acres, managed by the National Park Service, designated in 1919.

Likely to care

Groups likely to care about Grand Canyon

These 4 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.

10 more work nearby but are not tied to Grand Canyon on the record

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 GroupSonoran InstituteArizona is one of the 4 states they work inCoalitionGlen Canyon InstituteArizona is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupWestern National Parks AssociationBased in Tucson, close to the groundFriends Group

More ways in

Southwest Conservation CorpsArizona is one of the 4 states they work inStewardshipGlen Canyon ConservancyArizona is one of the 2 states they work inFriends GroupNOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School)Working this regionStewardshipWildEarth GuardiansWorking this regionLegal

The situation

What’s happening to Grand Canyon

Two billion years of Earth’s history carved into stone, visited by six million people a year, and still not safe from uranium mining. Legacy mines on the rim already leach radioactive contamination into springs that feed the Colorado River. The 20-year mineral withdrawal that was supposed to stop new claims is under active review for reversal.

  1. 1919Established as national park
  2. 201220-year uranium mining withdrawal enactedCenter for Biological Diversity
  3. 2023Baaj Nwaavjo monument adds surrounding protections
Legacy mine contamination

Source: Grand Canyon Trust

Comment window openNPS seeks public input on Grand Canyon North Rim recovery planCloses November 6, 2026

In the courts

The cases over this place

The dockets we track that name Grand Canyon directly. Active first.

WonNational Mining Association v. Ryan ZinkeNinth Circuit · filed 2014 · Docket ↗
WonMountain States Legal Foundation v. BushD.C. Circuit · filed 2001 · Docket ↗
WonUtah Ass’n of Counties v. ClintonTenth Circuit · filed 2000 · Docket ↗
LostHavasupai Tribe v. Heather ProvencioNinth Circuit · filed 2015 · Docket ↗
ClosedGrand Canyon Trust v. WilliamsAZD · filed 2013 · Docket ↗
ClosedGrand Canyon Trust v. U.S. Bureau of ReclamationAZD · filed 2007 · Docket ↗

Your move

How to stand for the Grand Canyon

GiveGive to Grand Canyon Trust

Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.

Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representatives

A ready call script on Grand Canyon, plus any comment window as it opens.

Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the map

Every threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.

Threatened Lands Map

Build my lineup around Grand Canyon: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.

Grand Canyon has defenders. It needs more.

4 more likely to care, Grand Canyon Trust with 48 staff + 210 volunteers. Find your way in.

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Sources and methodThe situation, timeline, and threats: the MTJP threatened-lands record for Grand Canyon, with per-item sources. Court cases: CourtListener dockets in the MTJP litigation database (6 naming this place). Group crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups are on the record for this place: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-10-03. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.