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We believe that national monuments should honor the untold stories of communities, experiences, and places. A program of @conservationlands.

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Our partnership with Tribes and Pueblos to document Petroglyph National Monument has lost its federal funding. Our New Mexico Director Paul Reed spoke with @krqenews13 about what happened and what’s next. We hope to try again in 2027.

Read the whole article at the link in our bio.
To support our work, visit archaeologysouthwest.org and donate (link in bio).

#PetroglyphNationalMonument #PreservationArchaeology #CulturalHeritage #NewMexico

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Join us to learn about fire ecology and celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Santa Rosa San Jacinto National Monument.

We will be joined by local researcher Dr. Lynn Sweet from UCR's Center for Conservation Biology, who will speak about fire's role in the Southern California mountains. We will be heading up Hwy 74 to visit areas affected by recent fires and help collect data on fire-following species🌼

🥪 Lunch, drinks, and snacks provided
🚸 Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Be sure to pack ⤵️
💧 2 liters of water per person
👟 Comfortable sneakers or hiking boots
☀️ Hat and sunglasses
🎒 Camera and any prescription medications you may need.

You can learn more about this event and register to attend by visiting our🔗in bio or https://santarosasanjacinto2026.eventbrite.com

Proud partner of the @REI Cooperative Action Fund

📸 Sendy Barrows

#coachellavalley #communityscience #fireecology #resilientlandscapes #nationalmonuments

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“ If we don’t respect the land, we can’t expect for the rest of us to thrive and be healthy,” - Dr. Angelo Baca, member of the Navajo (Diné) and Hopi Nations & Conservation Lands Foundation board member.

Angelo’s message is something we should all pay attention to: that we must protect the land together and tend to it with intention and love.

Bears Ears National Monument (as well as Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument) has been at the forefront of public lands news due to the Trump administration removing over a combined 3 million acres of protections for the monuments. Bears Ears National Monument is the ancestral homelands of Native Nations — it’s a culturally significant and an immensely important place to protect. And, as Angelo beautifully stated, this place is his home.

Immediately after this national monument was drastically reduced in size, 7 mining claims were filed for Bears Ears while 2 were filed for Grand Staircase - showcasing how this administration will cut corners and violate guardrails to accelerate the destruction of sacred places.

Now, the Conservation Lands Foundation is taking legal action to challenge President Trump’s assault on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

We are grateful to have Angelo on our Board to help with guidance, expertise and genuine care in our mission to protect them!

Landscape footage by @timmydp

#PublicLandProtector #ProtectBearsEars #ProtectGrandStaircase #MonumentsForAll

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🗞️ BREAKING NEWS: The Conservation Lands Foundation and our local and national partners working to protect and defend Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments filed motions today, asking the federal court to allow them to challenge President Trump’s most recent assault on these Tribally-significant and culturally important national monuments.

The filing reactivates litigation first brought in December 2017, when Conservation Lands Foundation and its partners challenged President Trump’s initial reduction of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The July 13, 2026, proclamations remove protections on more than 90 percent of each monument.

Utah Diné Bikéyah (@protectbearsears), Archaeology Southwest (@archaeologysouthwest), Patagonia (@patagonia), The Access Fund (@accessfund), A’Nuche (@anucheorganization), the National Trust for Historic Preservation (@savingplaces), and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (@svg_vertpaleo) join us as co-plaintiffs in our Bears Ears lawsuit, while Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners (@grandstaircasepartners) and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology join us in the Grand Staircase lawsuit.

“We are returning to court to defend the law, the integrity of public lands and the generations of people who have fought to protect these places.” - Chris Hill, CEO of the Conservation Lands Foundation

Downsizing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante was illegal in 2017, and it remains illegal today. Opening these lands to short-term industrial exploitation threatens permanent harm to America’s public lands system. We remain alert and fully prepared to challenge any attempts to open these sacred places to drilling, mining, or road construction. Our commitment to standing alongside Tribal Nations and defending our shared natural heritage will not waver.

Read more via the @nytimes story by @maxinecoversclimate via link in our bio. You can also read our blog on these filings by visiting the link in our bio or conservationlands.org.

Landscape footage courtesy of:

1. The Wilderness Society (@wildernesssociety)
2. @timmydp
3. @hello_mallory
4. @grandstaircasepartners

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Utah’s national monuments are under attack, but this fight doesn’t stop at Utah’s borders.
Rolling back protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante sets a dangerous precedent for public lands everywhere, including here in Arizona.
We stand in solidarity with our Indigenous relatives who have fought for decades to protect these sacred lands. National monuments are national treasures, and they belong to all of us. 🏜️✊🏽

Los monumentos nacionales de Utah están bajo ataque, pero esta lucha no termina en las fronteras de Utah.
Quitar las protecciones de Bears Ears y Grand Staircase-Escalante crea un precedente peligroso para las tierras públicas en todo el país, incluyendo aquí en Arizona.
Nos solidarizamos con nuestros familiares indígenas que llevan décadas luchando por proteger estas tierras sagradas. Los monumentos nacionales son tesoros nacionales y nos pertenecen a todos. 🏜️✊🏽

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The Trump Administration is setting its sights on regulations protecting historic places right in your own backyard: Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

Section 106 ensures public input, tribal consultation, and local community voices are heard before federal projects impact historic sites, places, and resources.

Proposed changes threaten to:
❌ Delay reviews until decisions are already locked in
❌ Remove requirements to consider alternative plans
❌ Ignore community and Tribal input entirely

HOW TO FIGHT BACK
🔗 Check out Cultural Heritage Partners’ website linked in our bio for resources and information on how to fight back. CHP is a legal firm dedicated to protecting sacred sites, historic properties, and cultural landscapes for Tribal Nations, local communities, and advocates. Their website provides resources including comment templates for when public feedback opens and action guides on how to call/write your representatives.

💬 Drop a comment below: What is a historic place in your local community protected by the NHPA that matters to you?

#Section106 #ACHP #HistoricPreservation Dark and grey background with an American flag over a building visible behind tree branches. Bold text reads: "DC wasn't enough. The Trump Administration is coming for the historic places in your own backyard. Its latest target: the regulations protecting historic sites under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Swipe through to see what they're proposing and how you can fight back."

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Stand with Utah Diné Bikéyah and send a message that you “Listen to Bears Ears.”
Our journey of healing is beginning anew, as we fight to protect Bears Ears National Monument.
Show your support by signing up for our newsletter, tell us your Bears Ears story, and contribute to this important cause. Footage by @timmydp
https://utahdinebikeyah.org/take-action/ See less

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In a new op-ed, Coalition executive council member and former Bryce Canyon National Park Superintendent Linda Mazzu explains why removing protections from nearly 3 million acres would not restore access, it would expose Tribal sites, watersheds and wildlife habitat to irreversible development.

“You cannot restore access that was never lost.”

Read her full op-ed in the link in our bio @protectnps.

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We joined over 330 businesses and organizations speaking out against the evisceration of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments.

Our letter states: “Our national parks and monuments are among our country’s most precious places. These cherished spaces protect Tribal and Indigenous homelands, outdoor access, drinking water, and wildlife habitats. They sustain rural economies and support family businesses. They belong to all Americans…The below listed Tribal and Indigenous entities, organizations, faith groups, veterans, businesses, scientists, and local communities STRONGLY OPPOSE rollbacks, reductions, and reduced protections of any kind to our national monuments.”

Link to letter and release in bio.

Photo: @timmydp

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The recent dramatic reduction of protections for Utah’s public lands cites a nature “sufficiently common to not warrant protection.”

The offerings of these spaces are not limited to the tactile. The interconnectedness felt here is echoed by the fragile ecosystems that envelop us— many that cannot be reinstated once disturbed.

This sanction also dismantled the Bears Ears Commission— a collaborative of elected Tribal leaders representing the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Pueblo of Zuni. This historic body was established to safeguard both landscape and Tribal sovereignty through co-stewardship of these sacred spaces.

Reducing protections for purpose of extraction is not just an environmental issue. Contaminating already finite resources in rural areas is a community health issue. Continued erasure of Tribal Nations under the guise of “restoring balance” is a humanity issue.

Indigenous kinship with this land did not begin with federal designation and will not be determined by it.

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As our Friends Grassroots Network partner Jackie Grant eloquently stated: there are so many plants and animals that rely on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument! 🐝

The administration’s reduction of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by over 90% will have a tremendous impact on local communities and organizations like Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (@grandstaircasepartners).

Scientists and educators surrounding Grand Staircase-Escalante like Jackie Grant and her organization, located in both Kanab and Escalante, rely on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for research and outstanding flora and fauna to witness.

TAKE ACTION today by visiting the link in our bio or by visiting www.conservationlands.org/monuments to get your voice heard as a Public Land Protector. Thank you for speaking up for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument with us.

📹 Footage by:
@hello_mallory
@grandstaircasepartners
Conservation Lands Foundation

📸 Images by:
Conservation Lands Foundation
@grandstaircasepartners
@the_bees_in_your_backyard

#MonumentsForAll #ProtectGrandStaircase #ProtectPublicLands

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🛑 MYTH: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase were closed to the public. ✅ FACT: Monument designation already allowed recreational use, hunting, fishing, and grazing.

The narrative that these protections blocked access is inaccurate. The access already existed.

What's changing is who can drill, mine, and extract on these three million acres of sacred public land.

🎙️ Full conversation with @conservationalliance on this episode — link in bio.

Take action: monumentsforall.com | congress.gov/members/find-your-member

#BearsEars #GrandStaircaseEscalante #PublicLands #TheParksPodcast #ProtectPublicLands #MonumentsForAll

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