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Overview Info -- of new National Monument: Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
August 9, 2023
Map, FAQ, and Full Details -- of new 'Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument'
Sierra Club Celebrates Establishment of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument
August 8, 2023
Grand Canyon, AZ – Today, President Biden issued a proclamation utilizing the Antiquities Act to establish the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument to protect 917,618 acres of public lands...
Sierra Club Statement on Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument Listening Session
July 18, 2023
FLAGSTAFF – Today, BLM and Forest Service hosted a listening session -- to hear from hundreds of Tribal and community leaders -- who overwhelmingly supported the proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument -- to protect 1.1...
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...
Film "Every Last Drop: The Demise of Pinto Creek"
May 4, 2023
A film by Craig Johnson (by the Sierra Club Grand Canyon chapter and Palo Verde Group) -- A copper mine is pumping water from this remote river valley, killing off rare riparian wildlife habitat and diverting copious amounts of natural water away...
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...
Arizona's Water Crises: What Can You Do?
January 25, 2023
...Support legislation to restrict groundwater pumping -- Support legislation to promote "water for nature" -- Advocate for effective water policies --
Vote for and lobby legislators who promise stronger, effective water policies...
SPRNCA = 35yrs of Innovative Conservation on the San Pedro River (Herald/Review)
January 1, 2023
...In 1988, the [SPRNCA] was established as the nation’s first national riparian conservation site -- a largest unfragmented landscapes in AZ -- a best example of a desert riparian ecosystem in the USA -- USPP is made up of 20 member agencies...