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Sierra Club Statement on Secretary Haaland’s visit to Grand Canyon to hear from Tribes on the proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument
May 21, 2023
GRAND CANYON – On Saturday, Secretary of the Department of Interior, Deb Haaland, met with Tribal and community leaders at Grand Canyon National Park to learn more about a proposed national monument to protect more than one million acres of lands...
The Sierra Club Palo Verde Group Sticker Design Contest
March 16, 2023
The Palo Verde Group (Phoenix area) of the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter is inviting high school student artists from across Arizona to showcase their talents by submitting a design for stickers that will be distributed to attendees at our events...
News Release: Glen Canyon Dam Operations Must Safeguard Grand Canyon’s Humpback Chub
March 10, 2023
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must manage Colorado River flows to prevent non-native smallmouth bass populations from establishing, thereby jeopardizing threatened humpback chub in the Grand Canyon, conservationists warned in formal comments...
News Release from Grijalva: Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act
March 6, 2023
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced...the "Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act" to permanently protect...from foreign mining operations...destroy tribal cultural and religious heritage sites...sacred to...tribal nations in Arizona...for millennia...
The Grand Plateau January 2023 Newsletter
January 23, 2023
Forest Service proposes bringing commercial recreation to Mount Elden/Dry Lake Hills -- Changes are coming to fire restrictions in Coconino National Forest -- Interested in volunteering to work on forest protection?
Comments on BOR's SEIS for Operational Strategies for Colorado River Reservoir, Post-2026
December 22, 2022
Federal government must “protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve” the...CRE in Grand Canyon. 1)Science and legal obligations should dictate Purpose, Need, Proposed Action. 2)BOR must plan for dam modifications now, before...an emergency...
Uranium Mine Gears Up Near Grand Canyon National Park
December 7, 2022
Senate must pass Grand Canyon mining ban before 117th Congress ends
Grand Canyon Protection Act Considered in Senate
July 21, 2022
Senate Committee Marks Up Grand Canyon Protection Act -- Arizonans Support Protecting 1 Million Acres Near Canyon from Mining -- Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered and offered amendments on the Grand Canyon...
Senate Committee Considers Grand Canyon Protection Act
June 7, 2022
Arizonans Urge Senate to Protect 1 Million Acres Near Canyon from Mining -- A Senate subcommittee held a hearing today on the Grand Canyon Protection Act -- an important step toward passage of legislation that will protect about 1 million acres of...
Support for Havasupai Tribe Against Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
June 1, 2022
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK― Conservationists Back Havasupai Tribe’s Opposition to Grand Canyon Uranium Mine ― Arizona Regulators OK’d Mine Permit Despite Risk to Canyon’s Water ― Conservation groups joined the Havasupai Tribe today to denounce the...