July 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, news media outlets have begun reporting that Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as Monday, July 13 to dismantle the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places and must be preserved. | Photo by Loren Blackford
Public lands and waters should never be threatened by oil and gas drilling. We work to protect these special places from legislative assaults and federal regulatory rollbacks that threaten to open them up to exploitation by the fossil fuel industry.
Press Releases
Sierra Club Testifies Against Trump’s Proposal to Build Triumphal Arch on National Park Service Land
July 9, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Sierra Club representatives testified before the National Capital Planning Commission in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to construct a 250-foot arch on National Park Service land at Memorial Circle, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery. During the hearing, the representatives urged the Commission to reject the proposal, arguing it would permanently alter one of the nation’s most significant commemorative landscapes.
July 1, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year after the opening of the immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” Sierra Club is marking the facility’s recently announced closure as a major victory for the Everglades. It also marks an important milestone for the grassroots movement that came together to defend one of the world’s most important ecosystems from a cruel and damaging use of public lands.
June 12, 2026
Salt Lake City – Efforts from Senator Mike Lee to fast-track an attack on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) have failed. The CRA includes a provision that allows the Senate to pass a “joint resolution of disapproval” targeting an administrative action via a simple majority, but it must act within 60 Senate session days after that action is entered into the Congressional Record. Thursday, June 11, was day 60.
June 12, 2026
Opposition from across Utah and the nation leads to failure of Senator Lee’s efforts to attack one of the nation’s iconic national monuments
June 9, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to reporting from The New York Times, the Trump Administration is preparing to open millions of acres of national forest lands, including areas recommended for wilderness protection, to unsustainable off-road vehicle use. The proposal would direct the U.S.
June 1, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, President Trump signed an executive order revoking decades-old protections that have guided the management of off-highway vehicles on federal public lands since the 1970s. The order directs federal agencies to rescind or revise regulations ensuring motorized vehicle access is balanced with protecting natural, cultural, and historic recreational resources.
May 18, 2026
HELENA -- Today Montana Senators Tim Sheehy and Steve Daines voted to approve Steve Pearce as Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
May 12, 2026
SACRAMENTO — Yesterday, the Trump administration finalized its rescission of the BLM Public Lands Rule, eliminating much-needed modern safeguards for America’s public lands through a process that limited public participation and ignored clear public opposition.
May 12, 2026
DENVER — Yesterday, the Trump administration finalized its rescission of the BLM Public Lands Rule, eliminating much-needed modern safeguards for America’s public lands through a process that limited public participation and ignored clear public opposition. The decision advances a broader effort to weaken public land protections while prioritizing extractive industries, like drilling, mining, and logging, over conserving public lands and ensuring recreational access.