Since 1985, the Grand Canyon Trust has worked diligently to protect the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau. From banning uranium mining around the Grand Canyon to coordinating forest restoration work in Utah, we're a leading voice for conservation and put our heart into everything we do. Take a look at some of our greatest successes throughout the years.
We helped pass the National Parks Overflights Act, reining in air traffic over the Grand Canyon and lessening noise pollution in the canyon.
We negotiated sulfur dioxide controls on Navajo Generating Station, the largest source of air pollution in the Grand Canyon region.
We provided key leadership in efforts to pass the Grand Canyon Protection Act, which changed the operation of Glen Canyon Dam to better protect natural and cultural resources downstream.
We helped draft the Arches National Park Expansion Act, which added over 3,000 acres to the park.
With others, we led the campaign to designate Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
We spearheaded the removal of 16 million tons of uranium tailings poisoning the Colorado River near Moab, Utah.
We purchased Kane and Two-Mile Ranches (now known collectively as North Rim Ranches) to restore over 800,000 acres of public lands on the Grand Canyon’s north rim.
With others, we helped launch the Four Forests Restoration Initiative, the country’s largest forest restoration project, to protect 2.4 million acres of national forest land from catastrophic wildfire.
We successfully campaigned for a 20-year ban on new uranium mines on 1 million acres of public lands around Grand Canyon National Park.
We provided key support to the tribally led campaign that culminated in the designation of Bears Ears National Monument.
We provided key support to Save the Confluence, a group of Navajo families that successfully defeated a proposed tramway that would have shuttled up to 10,000 tourists a day from the rim of the Grand Canyon to the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers.
We helped Change Labs, a Native entrepreneurship business incubator born at the Grand Canyon Trust, transition into an independent Native-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
With partners, and over the course of four years, we supported the tribally led effort to restore Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments.
We provided key support to the tribally led campaign that led to the designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
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