President Joe Biden is set to establish a new national monument that will protect nearly 1 million acres of federal lands near Grand Canyon National Park from development and uranium mining. The monument, called Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, will encompass approximately 917,000 acres north and south of the park. This will be Biden’s fifth national monument designation as president and aligns with his administration’s goal of preserving 30% of the country’s lands and waters by 2030. The monument aims to safeguard Native American ancestral homelands and address past injustices. Various tribes with cultural and spiritual connections to the Grand Canyon landscape, such as the Havasupai, Hopi, and Hualapai, have advocated for the monument’s designation. The move solidifies a 20-year mining ban implemented by the Obama administration in 2012 and will not affect existing mining claims or operations within the monument’s boundary.
Grand Canyon Protected from Uranium Mining with the Establishment of a New National Monument
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