3 groups have it in their care
National monument in California, 1.6M acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, designated in 2016.
The defenders
3 groups are on the record for Mojave Trails, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Grassroots · Oakland, CA
Worked the California desert protection campaigns for two decades before the 2016 designation and is engaged in the BLM’s Mojave Trails management planning process.
6 staff + 12 volunteers77¢ to the workFounded 1976
Also in the fight
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Fought the DRECP rollback that would have stripped protections around the desert monuments and called the federal monument review that included Mojave Trails illegal.
217 staff + 900 volunteers78¢ to the workFounded 1919
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Backed the years-long designation push and has rallied opposition to mining and groundwater pumping threats since the monument landed on the federal review list.
178 staff + 32 volunteers75¢ to the workFounded 1935
On the ground in California
More ways in
The situation
Ancient lava flows, towering sand dunes, and Native American trade routes that have linked desert communities for millennia, all in a vast corridor connecting Joshua Tree to the Mojave Preserve. In July 2026 the BLM granted Cadiz a right-of-way to pipe groundwater out of the desert; tribes and conservation groups have sued, saying the pumping will overdraw the groundwater in and around the monument.
Source: Courthouse News Service
No public comment window is open on Mojave Trails 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
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Mojave Trails, 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 Mojave Trails: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
3 groups on the record, California Wilderness Coalition with 6 staff + 12 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
