UPDATED WITH NEW LETTER TO CONGRESS: Here’s what’s next for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 1JUL26

 

We may have won this round, but we need your help to keep the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument protected. TAKE ACTION   HALF way through the second year of his ( most unfortunate ) second term it seems that NOT MY pres drumpf / trump, his corrupt drumpf / trump-vance administration and the gop / greed over people-republican party is realizing they will probably lose their ability to eliminate laws, restrictions and regulations protecting American public lands after the 2026 midterm elections. Fascist fotze trunt Rep celeste maloy r-UT with fascist fotze trunt Sen mikie lee r-UT, both ass-licking drumpf / trump sycophants, lost their chance to give the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument to their corporate masters. They are still searching for a way to deliver to the rich individuals and corporations who have bought them. Please sign the petition from EarthJustice to congress to tell them to protect our public lands, all of our National Monuments, National Parks and Forest and Wilderness Areas. Please find the time to e mail your representative and senators telling them to protect America from being raped and pillaged by the this administration and their corporate, billionaire and mega millionaire masters. My e mails will be at the end of this post. If you don't think these actions do any good consider these from EarthJustice.... You level the playing field. Elected officials pay attention when they see that we are paying attention.  They may be hearing from industry lobbyists left and right, but hearing the stories of their constituents — that’s your power. Our legislators serve at the pleasure of the people who gave them their job — you. Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. When you contact your elected official, you’re putting a face and a name on an issue. Whether or not you voted for them, they work for you, for the duration of their term. Make sure your elected officials know whose community and whose values they represent. (Find your local, state, and federal elected officials.) Loved by Utah residents and people across the country, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was established 30 years ago to protect the geological and ecological resources within its 1.9 million-acre boundaries in southern Utah. But since Trump’s inauguration, attacks on precious national monuments and other public lands have grown more frequent. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has tried to abuse the arcane Congressional Review Act to fast-track an attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante. The CRA resolution would undo the monument management plan, leading to chaos on the ground. Thanks to your advocacy, the 60-day window that would have allowed a CRA resolution to pass the Senate with just 51 votes has ended. Now, Sen. Lee would need 60 votes to pass his misguided resolution – making the path toward passage highly unlikely. This is a moment to celebrate, but that doesn’t mean that the threat to Grand Staircase-Escalante is over. Senator Lee has already said that while this CRA pathway is no longer available, his focus on the issue remains unchanged. You joined over 36,900 supporters in sending over 200,000 letters and over 200 calls to tell Congress to reject this attack. Thank you. But we need your help again to ensure that Congress rejects any future attacks on Grand Staircase-Escalante or other national monuments. Growing influence from extractive industry threatens monuments like Grand Staircase-Escalante and other public lands that belong to us all. This follows a pattern Earthjustice is seeing of administrative and legislative attacks, like the recission of the Roadless Rule, the withdrawal of the 20-year mining ban on the Boundary Waters, and the opening up of marine monuments to commercial fishing. Thank you for your advocacy. President Trump and his allies have tried to attack national monuments before, but we’ve taken them to court and pushed back through our advocacy. We know this fight is winnable and we need you with us. Tell Congress to reject future attacks on Grand Staircase-Escalante and other national monuments across the country. TAKE ACTION   . Sincerely, Blaine Miller-McFeeley Sr. Legislative Representative

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MY E MAILS TO REP SUBRAMANYAM D-VA 10TH, SEN WARNER D-VA AND SEN KAINE D-VA

HALF way through the second year of his ( most unfortunate ) second term it seems that NOT MY pres drumpf / trump, his corrupt drumpf / trump-vance administration and the gop / greed over people-republican party is realizing they will probably lose their ability to eliminate laws, restrictions and regulations protecting American public lands after the 2026 midterm elections. The time to invoke a CRA on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has expired but there are a majority of the fascist gop/greed over people-republican party and too many DINOS in congress who have been bought and paid for by the rich and corporate America who are working to open our Wilderness Areas, National Parks and National Monuments and National Forest to be defiled, raped and pillaged by greedy American and international corporations to increase their profit margins. I expect you to defend America's public lands from exploitation and corporate greed now and for future generations. Please work with the entire Virginia delegation and congressional leadership to make sure all are defending our public lands.

Thank you,