Help Defend and Protect Our National Monuments!

Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of Grand Canyon National Monument on south side photo credit Jim Dublinski

Despite overwhelming support for protecting public lands and waters by people throughout the country, the Trump administration has announced its intention to remove protections from public lands throughout our country, including several national monuments.

This action puts at risk thousands of acres of lands, plants and animals, including endangered species, and the significant cultural values of these areas. It also puts at risk the waters associated with the monuments, something that is particularly precious in our arid state.

For more than one hundred years, presidents from both major parties have sought to protect some of our most spectacular public lands by proclaiming them as national monuments. Ten presidents have used the Antiquities Act to protect a diversity of Arizona landscapes. The monuments they established vary in size and reasons for designation, and the management of each national monument is unique, based on the language used in the proclamation establishing the monument. Several recent monuments, including the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, have co-management provisions with Tribal Nations, and many Tribal Nations have been engaged in advocating for and keeping intact the important protections a monument designation provides. This monument as well as Ironwood Forest National Monument are at risk to this administration's harmful actions.

Please sign the petition to Secretary of the Department of Interior, Doug Burgum, and we will share your opposition to the administration's action with him and copy members of Congress.

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I strongly oppose removing protections from public lands, including our national monuments, both here in Arizona and throughout our country. An attack on one national monument is an attack on all. Your proposed action puts at risk thousands of acres of lands, plants and animals, including endangered species, and the significant cultural values of these areas. It also puts at risk the waters associated with the monuments, something that is particularly precious in our arid state. For more than one hundred years, presidents of both major political parties have sought to protect some of our most spectacular public lands by proclaiming them as national monuments. Ten presidents have used the Antiquities Act to protect a diversity of Arizona landscapes. The monuments they established vary in size and reasons for designation, and the management of each national monument is unique, based on the language used in the proclamation establishing the monument. Several recent monuments, including the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, have co-management provisions with Tribal Nations, and many Tribal Nations have been engaged in advocating for and keeping intact the important protections a monument designation provides. We oppose any boundary changes to this monument, Ironwood Forest, or any of our national monuments in Arizona and throughout the country. I join the Tribal Nations and people throughout Arizona and the nation in opposing your action to harm our public lands by removing these important protections.

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