After six years, a small but meaningful legal victory halts a plan to massively expand Daneros uranium mine, near Bears Ears National Monument. On my first day at the Grand Canyon Trust seven years ...

A December 2024 poll of Arizona voters shows strong support for national monuments. According to a new poll, 80% of Arizona voters support Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the ...

A December 2024 poll of 500 registered voters in the beehive state by Republican public opinion research firm New Bridge Strategy shows that Utahns get out onto their national public lands frequently, ...

A small victory in the legal case challenging Daneros uranium mine, near Bears Ears National Monument. After six years, there’s a speck of light at the end of the tunnel for a legal case challenging ...

Native peoples have been cultivating the Four Corners potato in the American Southwest as far back as 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. Western scientists believe that corn, beans, and squash (a symbiotic ...

For Hopi Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma, the Grand Canyon region is home to many cultural and religious sites that are still very much alive today. Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of ...

Uranium trucks are passing through Arizona, Utah, and the Navajo Nation despite strong opposition. If you’re driving to or from the Grand Canyon’s south entrance and you pass a tractor trailer that ...

Dr. Laura Crossey explains what scientists know about groundwater in the Grand Canyon region. Dr. Laura Crossey: The Grand Canyon is like a layer cake and some of the layers are these beautiful ...

The Information Lab analyzed data from annual aquifer protection reports submitted by the owner of Canyon Mine (also known as Pinyon Plain Mine), a contested uranium mine near the Grand Canyon, and ...

Since late 2016, more than 66 million gallons of groundwater have been pumped out of a controversial uranium mine, Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine), near Grand Canyon National Park. The water ...

Even a short journey of a few hundred steps on the Bright Angel Trail offers a deeper perspective on the Grand Canyon. Although millions of people visit Grand Canyon National Park each year, few ever ...

Glen Canyon Dam flooded over 180 miles of the Colorado River to form Lake Powell and provide power. How does the dam work? The presence — or lack — of water has shaped the desert Southwest. Since the ...