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feature September 12, 2017

In Conversation: National Monuments Under Threat

Earthjustice attorneys and policy staff discuss the Antiquities Act, national monuments, and the threats to these special protected public lands from the Trump administration.

A hiker at Jacob Hamblin Arch in Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
(Koji Hirano / Getty Images)
Press Release December 4, 2017

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit after President Trump Illegally Axed Dinosaur Treasure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

President’s abuse of authority strips protections from iconic dinosaur wonderland in Utah and undermines 1906 Antiquities Act

Valley of the Gods, Bears Ears National Monument.
(Bob Wick / BLM)
Press Release December 7, 2017

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit after President Trump Illegally Axed Majestic Bears Ears National Monument

President’s abuse of authority strips protections from a priceless cultural and natural heritage that belongs to all Americans

Visitors at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Home to some of the most dramatic desert scenery in the West, the monument is often described as a “Dinosaur Shangri-la” due to its world-class dinosaur excavations.
(Jeff Moser / CC NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release July 11, 2017

Senators Join Public Lands Groups To Call On Trump Administration To Listen To Overwhelming Public Support For National Monuments

As Interior moves to final stages of review, more than 2.7 million public comments support national monuments across the country

Flora and fauna of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
(NOAA Okeanos Explorer)
feature October 8, 2021

What You Should Know About The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

How a deep-sea ecosystem will help build resilience to climate change, and how it was saved.

A visitor at Grand Gulch, on Nov. 6, 2017. The area is among the more than one million acres axed from Bears Ears National Monument.
(© Steven Gnam)
feature August 23, 2019

Inside the Legal Case We’re Making to Save Our National Monuments

An explanation of the legal work to save Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, and what’s next.

Press Release November 22, 2022

Conservation Groups Intervene To Protect Utah Monuments, Antiquities Act

Four Tribes intervened last week in lawsuits attacking Antiquities Act

First light over Cedar Mesa in southeast Utah, Bears Ears National Monument.
(Mason Cummings / TWS)
Press Release April 25, 2017

Trump Puts America’s National Monuments on Trial with Latest Executive Order

President Trump signals intent to axe national monuments

Paleontologist Scott Sampson poses with his favorite dinosaur, the 15-horned Kosmoceratops richardsoni.
(Courtesy of Utah Museum of Natural History)
feature October 8, 2021

Monumental Discoveries

Scientists are unearthing amazing dinosaurs in a national monument targeted by former President Trump.

Valley of the Gods, Bears Ears National Monument.
(Bob Wick / BLM)
feature October 8, 2021

National Monuments At Risk

And why we need to protect them.

A hiker at Jacob Hamblin Arch in Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
(Koji Hirano / Getty Images)
Press Release December 4, 2017

Grupos demandan a Trump por reducir ilegalmente el Monumento Nacional Grand Staircase-Escalante

El abuso de autoridad del presidente elimina las protecciones de una región rica en fósiles de dinosaurios en Utah, y omite la Ley de antigüedades de 1906.

Press Release August 24, 2022

Conservation Groups Respond to Utah Lawsuit Challenging National Monuments Restoration

We will stand up to Utah’s challenge of President Biden’s Restoration of the Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is the United States’ first monument protected for its biodiversity. (Joe Brumm / BLM)
Press Release: Victory April 2, 2019

Federal Judge Upholds Expansion of Ecological Wonder Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

In a win for unique public lands, court rejects timber company’s arguments that monument lands should be for timber production only

Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory August 11, 2023

Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments remain safe

Star trails over Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. More than 100,000 Native American archaeological and cultural sites, some dating to 12,000 B.C., are protected in Bears Ears.
(John Fowler / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release November 2, 2017

Earthjustice Files Lawsuit against Federal Agencies for Withholding Information on National Monuments from the Public

The Trump administration is violating the rights of the American public by shrouding its national monuments review in secrecy

Paleontologist Scott Sampson poses with his favorite dinosaur, the 15-horned Kosmoceratops richardsoni, which was discovered in Grand Staircase National Monument.
(Photo Courtesy Natural History Museum of Utah)
Article February 16, 2018

We Asked Your Child’s Favorite Dinosaur Expert Why Grand Staircase Is Worth Defending

Dr. Scott Sampson tells what it's like to discover dinosaur fossils in a national monument that Trump is trying to gut.

Press Release May 16, 2013

Conservationists Argue for Protection of Arizona National Monuments

BLM plan allows destructive ORV use, contradicts presidential proclamations

The Procession Panel in Bears Ears National Monument is at least 1,000 years old.
(Photo courtesy of Marc Toso)
Update August 11, 2023

Judge Throws Out Lawsuits Attacking Two Priceless National Monuments

This win advances two goals at the heart of Earthjustice’s mission: protecting public lands and facing down the destructive threat of fossil fuels.