The federal government fast-tracked its environmental review of Velvet-Wood uranium mine, a long defunct uranium mine in ...

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument contains some of the country’s most remote and rugged lands, whose beauty comes from geologic artistry. Over many millions of years, rock layers built ...

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 ...

The Little Colorado River near the Grand Canyon is a river you should know. Find out why. The Little Colorado River is smaller than the mainstem Colorado River in length, flow, and drainage area. But ...

Before the Grand Canyon was a national park, it was the ancestral homeland of Native peoples. Hear voices of the Grand Canyon speak. Experience the Grand Canyon alongside Jim Enote (Zuni), Nikki ...

Where does the Colorado River start? How deep is it? Is it drying up? Your questions, answered. The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon, bringing lifegiving water to millions, but how much ...

The Information Lab analyzed data from annual aquifer protection reports submitted by the owner of Canyon Mine (also known as Pinyon Plain Mine), a contested uranium mine near the Grand Canyon, and ...

Got a sunburn? Put some pinyon salve on it. Dandruff? Try some juniper oil. Read more about the cultural uses of pinyon and juniper trees in the Southwest. If you’ve ever visited the Southwest, you’ve ...

Pumped storage hydropower uses the transfer of water between two reservoirs (dams) to generate electricity. The technology requires a local water source to fill the reservoirs.

View our 2021 edition map of the Colorado Plateau which includes public lands and tribal lands across northern Arizona, southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and northwest New Mexico. The map also shows ...

Canyon Mine, which has yet to extract uranium ore after three decades despite a contested exemption from the current mining ban, is already an environmental blight near the Grand Canyon. The mine, ...