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Endless red-rock canyons recording 200 million years of Earth’s history, an estimated 100,000 archaeological sites that hold the memory of Native Nations, and endangered species from the Mexican spotted owl to the southwestern willow flycatcher ...

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah are picture-book landscapes of the Southwest.

Now, Trump has stripped protections from nearly 3 million acres across these two monuments—around 90% of each monument is being handed over to the mining and fossil fuel industries.

His administration claims these cuts serve the U.S.’s “resource independence” and “national security.” But this is just one of his moves catering to private interests and lobbyists.

We still have time to stop this! Next month, these lands will be thrown open to mineral leasing and oil drilling. If we can push Congress to restore the monuments’ permanent protections, we can save these irreplaceable landscapes. Join our urgent call now:

Tell the U.S. Congress: Protect National Monuments.

This isn't about resource independence. Past government assessments found little oil, gas, or energy-development potential in either monument.

Indigenous people have stewarded these sacred lands for centuries. Yet, Trump disbanded the five-Tribe body that spent years shaping their protections. The Hopi Nation, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah Ouray and Zuni Tribe were not informed or consulted about the decision to reduce the monuments' boundaries.

Groups say this attack is illegal, reckless, and deeply unpopular. Under the Antiquities Act of 1906, presidents have the authority to designate national monuments—not to shrink them or strip their protections. And recent polling shows over 70% of Utah voters support keeping both monuments protected.

Indigenous Tribes and conservation groups are already preparing to challenge these reductions in court. But legal battles take time—and our movement must build the political pressure right now to slam the door on extractive industries before it is too late. Join now:

Tell the U.S. Congress: Protect National Monuments.

Together, we’ve stopped destructive rollbacks before. We can do it again, before these lands are sold off for corporate greed.