A nonprofit organization dedicated to Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau conservation and environmental advocacy.

Reservations/permits. Camping below the rim in the Grand Canyon requires a backcountry permit, which you can get up to four months in advance of your trip.The park receives about 30,000 requests for backcountry permits each year but issues around 13,000 permits — the earlier you start planning, the better!

Guest post by Lisa Winters "Know The Canyon's History, Study Rocks Made By Time, Very Slowly." The line above is a useful mnemonic; the first letter of each word represents the first letter of each rock layer in the Grand Canyon.

The Colorado River provides water to 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of agriculture, powers dams that supply electricity to the western U.S., and is the heart of the recreation and tourism economies in the region.

At the Grand Canyon Trust, our work is more than just a job. It's a calling. Join the team.Are you ready to put your passion and skills to work safeguarding the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau and supporting the rights of its Native peoples? As a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to making sure the region’s natural wonders, communities, and cultures thrive, we …

Understanding and protecting rare water sources on the Colorado PlateauThe Colorado Plateau is dry — you can see it in the parched landscapes and feel it in your cracked skin. But look a little closer and you find rare pockets of water where willows grow, bobcats drink, and birds feed.We work to understand how wildlife and plants use springs, and we find ways to restore these …

Cattle grazing takes a toll. The endless expanses of slickrock in Grand Staircase seem like unlikely places for cattle to graze. But cattle roam across more than 95 percent of the monument, destroying biological soil crusts, introducing invasive species, eroding stream banks, and trampling sensitive species.

Directions. The Bright Angel trailhead is located in Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim just west of the Bright Angel Lodge near the beginning of the West Rim road shuttle stop.

Tribes called for the protection of their ancestral homelands around Grand Canyon National Park as a national monument. On August 8, 2023, President Biden designated Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. The new national monument spans 917,618 acres of forests and grasslands to the north of and south of Grand …

Visiting Glen Canyon. The construction of Glen Canyon Dam gave rise to Lake Powell, and more than 10 years after the Colorado River backfilled behind the 710-foot-high dam, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was born.