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Places We Love

Protect our most precious places

Join Tribal Nations and community leaders in urging President Trump to designate and expand additional sacred places as national monuments.

Cooperative Action Network

Let's mobilize to protect America's public lands.

Every 30 seconds, America loses a football field’s worth of natural spaces to development and other pressures. What's more, today we face the dual challenges of more extreme weather events and more than 100 million people in America who lack access to green spaces. Now is the time to double down on efforts to protect America’s most precious places. Across the country, Tribal Nations and other communities who have too often been left out of decisions about our public lands are calling for the protection of places sacred to them. REI, in concert with hundreds of organizations and outdoor brands, is joining these leaders in calling for national monument designations that will ensure the future of spectacular cultural sites and critical habitats—for ourselves and for the future outdoor enthusiasts who will follow in our footsteps.  Protecting these places as national monuments is also a key solution for ensuring that more of us can access world-class recreation opportunities and sustain rural outdoor recreation economies nationwide. 

Our nation’s natural beauty can’t wait. Urge President Trump to protect America's most precious places today.


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Dear President Trump:

We, the undersigned, strongly urge you to do everything in your power to protect America's most precious places and honor the calls of Tribal Nations and other communities looking to preserve sites of invaluable cultural heritage. You can do this by designating and/or expanding the following sites as national monuments:

  • Dolores River Canyon region
  • Great Bend of the Gila

These natural, cultural and historic sites hold the ongoing and often untold stories of underrepresented communities in the United States. By designating them, their permanent protection will ensure that the stories and experiences built in these places can be told and felt for generations to come.

Moreover, the designation of these lands of great ecological and recreational value will help more Americans get outside and enjoy the health benefits of time in nature—in turn, benefiting our economy, sustaining and creating jobs and generating revenue. Outdoor recreation accounted for 1.8% of the U.S. GDP in 2021, $689B in gross output and 4.3M jobs. Expanding and creating more national monuments will only increase these contributions.

Finally, the creation of national monuments will help address climate change and protect our lands and waters at a time when we cannot afford to lose more natural spaces. As a community of people with a shared love of the outdoors, we again urge you to designate and expand the aforementioned sites as national monuments without further delay.