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Protect National Parks by Protecting Waterways

Tell the Obama Administration to protect our water by adopting new Clean Water Act guidelines and proceed with developing new rules that protect wetlands and streams surrounding and flowing into national parks and our Great Waters, like the Everglades.

Thank Secretary Salazar for Protecting the Grand Canyon from New Uranium Mines

Show your appreciation for the Department of the Interior's decision to stop new uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park. Send Interior Secretary Salazar a thank-you today!

Thank President Obama for Using the Antiquities Act at Fort Monroe

President Obama has just used the Antiquites Act for the first time during his presidency to proclaim Fort Monroe in Virginia a national monument. Please take a moment to send a personal thank-you note to the president letting him know you support this.

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Southwest Regional Office: Who We Are

Salt Lake City, UT

307 West 200 South Suite 5000
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Main: 801.521.0785
Fax: 801.359.2367
Email: croberson@npca.org

Meet the Staff

Arizona Field Office

Colorado River Program Office

DID YOU KNOW...

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, one mile deep and averages 10 miles from rim to rim.

The Southwest office, covering Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, includes an astounding wealth and diversity of National Parks, Monuments, Historic Sites and Trails. There are 74 national park units in this vast region. Extraordinary landscapes include the high country peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park; the wickedly beautiful canyons and red rock of the Colorado Plateau such as Arches and the Grand Canyon; the rich, textured arid lands of the Sonoran Desert at Saguaro National Park and Organ Pipe Cactus; and the rich ancestral history of indigenous cultures protected at Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon. The Southwest Region offers countless opportunities to hike, raft, explore, learn, and contemplate.

The priceless resources of the National Parks, however, are threatened. Proposed coal mines, oil and gas development, and coal-burning power plants threaten Bryce, Arches, and Canyonlands National Parks. Development pressures impact many parks, including Walnut Canyon National Monument and Zion National Park. Chronic funding shortages have a devastating impact on parks—limiting interpretation, curtailing maintenance, and restricting research and park protection.