Public outcry and bipartisan opposition helped stop a senator’s proposal to sell off public lands in the Senate's budget bill ...

Supporting tribes We support the rights of Native peoples Almost anywhere you travel in the Southwest, you can see signs of thousands of years of continuous Native American presence. When it comes to ...

Native experts weigh in on the history of tribal lands, sovereignty, and what it means to own land. This blog is distilled from the Native Perspectives virtual series held in partnership with Grand ...

Jack Dykinga Travel approximately 13 miles upstream of the confluence in the Little Colorado River gorge and you reach the aptly named Blue Spring. A consistent year-round source, the water at Blue ...

The Colorado River provides water to 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of agriculture, powers dams that supply electricity to the western U.S., and is the heart of the recreation and tourism ...

Dr. Laura Crossey: In my opinion, the conclusions from studying natural tracers are strong enough to show that on a less than 10-year timescale, there is a risk of downward migration through faults.

For over 100 years, the Havasupai connection to what will now be known as Havasupai Gardens was largely invisible to visitors. With the name change, the roughly 100,000 people each year who visit this ...

The Grand Canyon is more than a national park, but is it true that it’s also home to a vast supply of uranium? How much uranium is there in the Grand Canyon region exactly? If you’ve been lucky enough ...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently changed its mind about whether the Grand Canyon Trust and other plaintiffs can challenge the government’s decision to exempt a uranium mine from a 2012 ban on ...

Imported uranium is cheaper Why do U.S. power plants import most of the uranium they buy? Because it’s cheaper. In 2020, Russian uranium averaged about $25 per pound, cheaper than Kazakh uranium ($33 ...

A uranium mine near the Grand Canyon still has a water problem. An annual report submitted by uranium company Energy Fuels Resources to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality shows that, in ...