Protecting these monuments also safeguards Americans’ access to clean water, healthy wildlife habitat, and national public lands that belong to all of us.

Read more about the data here: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/5/...

Protections for these ancestral landscapes must reflect public values, uphold Tribal leadership, and honor the cultural and ecological significance of these places, not be driven by partisan agendas.

Reducing their boundaries—or weakening the Resource Management Plans that safeguard them—would be a political move against the will of the people and a setback to the cooperative, Tribal-informed management these places deserve.

As partners working to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.

--> Nearly half of Republicans oppose reductions

This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble

The results confirm what we already know: the public overwhelmingly rejects shrinking national monuments.

--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support

📸: M. Estrada

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The GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition will provide deeply valuable perspectives related to the management of lands and cultural resources that tell the story of their people, and are integral to the history of the United States.

The formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Inter-Tribal Coalition marks a key point in the history of the Monument because it shows how intimately connected GSENM is to the multiple communities that inhabit the surrounding region.

The GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition announcement timing is critical—just weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called for a review of national monuments to prioritize oil/gas drilling & energy development. GSENM is among the monuments targeted by the order. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

The GSENM Inter-Tribal Coalition will provide deeply valuable perspectives related to the management of lands and cultural resources that tell the story of their people, and are integral to the history of the United States.

The formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Inter-Tribal Coalition marks a key point in the history of the Monument because it shows how intimately connected GSENM is to the multiple communities that inhabit the surrounding region.

Land managers, Tribes, researchers, conservation groups, & interested public will gain knowledge & discuss multiple perspectives on land & water, ecosystem management issues, & ways people engage with the landscape. Zoom livestream: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...