Let's mobilize to protect America's public lands.
For generations, our public lands have brought people together—offering space to explore, connect and find inspiration outside. Places like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments are part of that shared story. They are Tribal ancestral homelands that hold deep cultural meaning, protect important ecosystems and invite millions to experience the outdoors. Today, those protections are at risk.
Two new presidential proclamations issued on July 13, 2026 reduced the size of these national monuments by almost 3 million acres, or more than 90% of the original area, continuing a pattern of punishing attacks on our public lands. In 2017, similar actions attempted to reshape these landscapes, prompting people across the country to speak out in support of public lands. Together, our community showed what’s possible when we take action—and helped elevate the importance of protecting these places now and for future generations.
Changes to monument boundaries weaken protections for cultural sites, wildlife habitat, recreation access and the landscapes that make these places so special. They also create uncertainty for the communities and partners who have worked for years to steward and sustain them.
Public lands belong to all of us. Protecting them takes all of us.
REI has stood with Tribal leaders, community members and organizational partners to help protect these places for decades, and we'll keep supporting those leading this work while helping our community raise its voice together.