6 public places under threat in Utah
3 live federal cases over the places under threat in Utah
The defenders
12 groups are on the record for Utah, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Grassroots · Salt Lake City, UT
Sued BLM in August 2024 to void 51 reaffirmed oil and gas leases in the San Rafael Desert, including one in the heart of the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness carved by the Green River.
Fighting for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante and 1 more place in Utah·4 live federal cases
39 staff + 338 volunteers92¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1983
Tribal · Bluff, UT
The five-Tribe coalition that petitioned for the monument and shared in managing it until the July 2026 proclamation disbanded the Bears Ears Commission
Fighting for Bears Ears
Founded 2015
Friends Group · Escalante, UT
The monument’s friends group: science, stewardship, and the legal fight over its boundaries
Fighting for Grand Staircase-Escalante
14 staff + 155 volunteers70¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2004
Tribal · Salt Lake City, UT
The Native-led nonprofit whose cultural mapping work built the original monument proposal
Fighting for Bears Ears
5 staff67¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2012
Friends Group · Bluff, UT
The friends group on the ground in Bluff: site stewardship, visitor education, and cultural protection
Fighting for Bears Ears
17 staff + 101 volunteers83¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2010
Coalition · Salt Lake City, UT
Appealed Utah’s grant of 1.74 billion gallons a year of Green River water rights to the proposed Blue Castle nuclear plant near the town of Green River.
Fighting for Green River
9 staff$485K revenue in 2023Founded 1995
Advocacy · Flagstaff, AZ
Colorado Plateau advocate and a party to the monument boundary litigation
Fighting for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
48 staff + 210 volunteers70¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1985
Legal · Santa Fe, NM
Named petitioner against the Uinta Basin Railway over habitat destruction in the basin
Fighting for Dinosaur and Green River·5 live federal cases across all their work
41 staff + 20 volunteers78¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1996
Legal · Tucson, AZ
Led the coalition suit against the Uinta Basin Railway, whose oil trains would run the river corridors below the monument
Fighting for Dinosaur and Green River·20 live federal cases across all their work
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1989
Advocacy · Oakland, CA
Named petitioner in the Uinta Basin Railway litigation
Fighting for Dinosaur and Green River·6 live federal cases across all their work
10,895 volunteers81¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1892
Legal · San Francisco, CA
Counsel in the federal litigation over the monument’s boundaries
Fighting for Bears Ears·4 live federal cases across all their work
698 staff + 33 volunteers81¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1971
Legal · New York, NY
Co-plaintiff in the federal suit over the 2017 boundary cuts
Fighting for Grand Staircase-Escalante·2 live federal cases across all their work
829 staff + 5 volunteers76¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1970
On the ground in Utah
The national muscle
The places
Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.
1 case in federal court, shared with Grand Staircase-EscalanteBears Ears National MonumentTrump proclamation cuts monument 91%1 case in federal court, shared with Bears EarsGrand Staircase-EscalanteTrump proclamation cuts monument 90%
Critical threatDinosaur National MonumentBLM Q2 2026 lease sale targets 54,000+ acres near monument
Threat developingGreen River (Flaming Gorge to Colorado)Lease sales along river corridor
Threat developingCanyonlands National ParkPotash mining threatens park water tableYour move
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Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands Map12 groups on the record, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance with 39 staff + 338 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
