13 groups have it in their care
National monument in Arizona, 279,568 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, designated in 2000.
The defenders
2 groups are on the record for Vermilion Cliffs, 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.
On the ground
Advocacy · Flagstaff, AZ
Bought the BLM grazing permits covering Vermilion Cliffs National Monument and House Rock Valley in 2005 through its North Rim Ranches program, cutting herd numbers, controlling invasives along the Paria River, and running rare plant surveys in the monument.
48 staff + 210 volunteers70¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1985
Wildlife · Boise, ID
Has run the California condor release program at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument since 1996, rebuilding a free-flying population of more than 100 birds from the Grand Canyon into Utah.
86 staff + 165 volunteers79¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1970
On the ground in Arizona
More ways in
The situation
Home to the Wave, Coyote Buttes, and the condor reintroduction program that pulled a species back from extinction with 22 birds. Vermilion Cliffs is one of the most geologically spectacular landscapes in the Southwest, and its monument boundaries are the only thing standing between those sandstone formations and expanded grazing.
Source: Department of Interior · February 20, 2025
Source: BLM · January 10, 2025
No public comment window is open on Vermilion Cliffs 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
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