What We Do: Regional Issues

- Proposed Coal Mine near Bryce Canyon National Park
- Proposed Oil Refineries in Green River, UT near Arches and Canyonlands National Park
- Funding for the expansion of Petrified National Park
- Ongoing overflight challenges at the Grand Canyon
- Designation of western energy corridor that compromises viewshed at Arches National Park.
- Development pressures and expansion for Saguaro NP
- River management issues at the Glen Canyon Dam threaten Colorado River corridor through the Grand Canyon
- Coal fire power plants in Nevada, Utah and New Mexico threaten visibility, contribute to contamination of natural systems and hasten climate change at Zion, Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Capitol Reef.
- Construction of border fence restricts migration of key species at Organ Pipe.
- Uranium mining at the boundary of the Grand Canyon.
- Park in-holdings compromise intrinsic resources at Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Zion, Capitol Reef and Petrified Forest.
- Coal bed methane well proposed at Aztec Ruins NM
- Adjacent development of new homes at Colorado NM
- Illegal Off Road Vehicle use at Sunset Crater NM
- Potential Tar Sands Development in Glen Canyon NRA
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