On Monday, President Trump took executive action to virtually eliminate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah, slashing their boundaries by more than 90%. Thanks to supporters like you, we were able to mobilize quickly and drive more than 7,035 comments opposing any effort to remove or weaken protections for these beloved places.

This new attack is yet another attempt to decimate some of America's most iconic and irreplaceable public lands for short-term commercial profit. These places belong to all of us. They are where people find freedom outdoors, where wildlife thrives and where culturally significant sites are preserved. We won't stand by and allow these treasured landscapes to be virtually eliminated. Donate today to help us FIGHT BACK before it's too late!

The good news is that we've won this fight before. When the first Trump administration slashed Bears Ears by 85% and Grand Staircase-Escalante by nearly half, we fought back, and in 2021, both monuments' boundaries were fully restored. Supporters like you helped make that victory possible!

Now, The Wilderness Society stands ready once again to defend against these unlawful attacks—in court and in the halls of Congress. But one thing is clear: we need your help to meet this moment.

Please make an emergency gift today to power our work defending these cherished landscapes and all public lands, so we can hand them down to future generations and not over to corporations.

- The Wilderness Society

Defend Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante!

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Dear Friend,

The administration just launched a staggering attack on two of America’s treasured national monuments, slashing more than 90% of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in southern Utah.

On Monday, President Trump signed proclamations stripping protections from roughly 3 million acres of these extraordinary monuments.

Grand Staircase-Escalante is now reduced from 1.87 million acres to just 181,500 acres and Bears Ears is reduced from 1.36 million acres to 121,100 acres.

Take action: Urge Congress to push back against the administration and immediately restore protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

These monuments protect extraordinary wildlife, irreplaceable cultural and Tribal heritage, worldclass geologic and paleontology resources and the freedom of future generations to know these places as they are today.

They belong to all of us, and they should be handed down to future generations, not handed over to drilling and mining interests.

The administration is ignoring Tribal Nations, local communities, and millions of people who want to protect these remarkable landscapes.

This is not the first time these monuments have come under attack. In 2017, the administration slashed Bears Ears by 85% and Grand Staircase-Escalante by nearly half.

Americans fought back then, and we must fight back again.

Take action: Urge your members of Congress to defend our shared national monuments!

Thank you for standing up for our public lands.

Sincerely,

The Wilderness Society

Act now

Eric Bennett

1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Ste. 200
Washington, DC 20006

wilderness.org

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