TOM BEAN
After decades of service on behalf of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau, the legendary Roger Clark has retired from his post as Grand Canyon director. We are forever grateful to Roger for his steadfast devotion to conservation and environmental justice during his long tenure.
Roger was one of the Grand Canyon Trust’s first employees, and thanks to his early work on air and noise pollution around the Grand Canyon, he helped the Trust establish itself as a permanent presence on the Colorado Plateau. Throughout the years, Roger has provided key leadership on several of our biggest conservation wins, including an agreement to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions at Navajo Generating Station and the 20-year ban on new uranium mines around the Grand Canyon. He has also supported Native communities in their efforts to permanently protect the Little Colorado River region.
Stacks of newspapers, books, and articles filled his office — fitting for a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of the Colorado Plateau. Ask Roger a “quick question” and you invariably got treated to a rich history lesson, the kind that only comes from a long career and lifetime of devotion to the people, communities, and wild places of the Colorado Plateau. We will sorely miss Roger’s breadth of experience and expertise.
Thank you, Roger, for all the laughs, insights, advocacy, river stories, and heart you’ve given to our Trust family throughout the years. You are, forever and always, a teacher, mentor, trusted partner, advocate, supporter, and friend.
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A new bill in Congress would permanently ban new uranium mines on public lands around Grand Canyon National Park. Read on ›