Tell Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to protect our national monuments 

Our public lands are more than beautiful places — they are critical climate and clean water infrastructure. Right now, national monuments that safeguard millions of people’s drinking water and help stabilize our climate are under threat, and we need you to act.

National monuments protect the headwaters of rivers and streams that communities rely on every day. These protected landscapes filter pollution naturally, reduce flood risks, and help ecosystems withstand climate impacts like drought and extreme heat. When monument protections are weakened or removed, mining, drilling, and other extractive industries can move in — putting clean water, wildlife, and nearby communities at risk.

This isn’t abstract. Millions of people get their drinking water from watersheds that begin in or flow through national monuments. In many cases, monument designation is the only meaningful protection these rivers and streams have. Rolling back those protections would expose critical water sources to contamination and lock in climate pollution at the exact moment we need to be accelerating solutions.

Lawmakers need to hear clearly that national monuments must remain fully protected — not just for recreation or scenic value, but because they are essential to public health, climate resilience, and environmental justice.

Take action today and tell decision-makers to defend national monuments and the clean water and climate protections they provide.

Thanks,
Mary