Mobilizing for Monuments is a united effort of companies and organizations calling for the protection of millions of acres of public lands through the designation or expansion of National Monuments. Since 1906, National Monument designations have been used to protect landscapes with ecological, cultural and historic values, have increased opportunities for recreation and have supported economic growth of local communities. Monuments are most often designated by the President by them using the Antiquities Act of 1906 but they can also be designated through Congress.
The National Monument proposals called for by Mobilizing for Monuments are all locally-led and many are tribally-led. They expand access to recreation and preserve landscapes that protect critical biodiversity and natural resources and safeguard historical, cultural and geological sites.
In August 2023, Mobilizing for Monuments joined many others in celebrating the designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument that protected nearly 1 million acres of federal public lands in Arizona surrounding the Grand Canyon National Park.
The remaining proposals currently being advocated for by Mobilizing for Monuments include the Dolores River Canyon Country National Monument, the largest stretch of unprotected public lands in Colorado and Sáttítla or Medicine Lake Highlands which would protect over 200,000 acres of forested land near Mt. Shasta in Northern California including freshwater resources depended on by millions of California residents and landscapes that are sacred and still used today by numerous Tribes like the Pit River, Modoc, Shasta, Karuk, and Wintu. Learn more about each of the monument campaigns being supported by Mobilizing for Monuments and how you can get involved here and at mobilizingformonuments.com.
