Patterns Across Sites
A side-by-side view of all 11 case files currently on record. Every cell here is pulled directly from that site's own case file — nothing is added or interpreted for this table. Click any site name to open its full record, sources, and timeline.
| Site | Threat Category | Status | Consultation / Process Note | Last Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — Coastal Plain | Oil and gas drilling — Coastal Plain lease sales | Active — first of four mandated lease sales completed | Gwich'in leadership has been engaged in opposition advocacy for decades, but a formal, project-specific tribal consultation record for the June 2026 lease sale was not identified in current sourcing. | 2026-08-12 |
| Bears Ears National Monument | Monument boundary rollback / mining and drilling | Boundary cut — reopening to mining claims in progress | The July 13, 2026 proclamation itself terminated the Bears Ears Commission, the formal tribal consultation body that had been in place since the 2016 designation to guide co-management with the five sovereign tribal nations. | 2026-08-12 |
| Big Bend National Park | Border wall / vehicle barrier construction | Contracted — construction underway in phases | Tribal consultation status specific to this project is not yet documented — the waived-laws list includes the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and the Antiquities Act, both of which normally require consultation, but no record of consultation having occurred, been offered, or been formally declined was identified in current sourcing. | 2026-08-12 |
| Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Superior National Forest watershed) | Sulfide-ore copper-nickel mining — mineral withdrawal reversal | Reversed — 20-year mining ban overturned; leases advancing | Not yet documented — a tribal consultation record specific to this project was not identified in current sourcing. | 2026-08-12 |
| Chaco Culture National Historical Park (Greater Chaco Landscape) | Oil and gas drilling — mineral withdrawal revocation | Proposed — public comment period closed, decision pending | The Interior Department began tribal consultation on reversing PLO 7923 on October 30, 2025. | 2026-08-12 |
| Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine (Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument, Grand Canyon region) | Uranium mining — active groundwater contamination risk | Active — in production, water/permit disputes ongoing | The Forest Service was documented as "not a part of" discussions between Energy Fuels and the Navajo Nation over ore-transport routes across Navajo land in 2024 — meaning the relevant federal land-managing agency was absent from the tribal negotiation that determined how ore moves across a second tribal nation's territory. | 2026-08-12 |
| Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument | Monument boundary rollback / mining and drilling | Boundary cut — reopening to mining claims in progress | Not yet documented — a tribal or public consultation record specific to the July 13, 2026 boundary reduction was not identified in current sourcing, distinct from the Society of Ve… | 2026-08-12 |
| National Park Service — Nationwide Budget & Staffing Cuts | Agency capacity — budget cuts and staff reductions | Active — proposed cuts partly rejected by Congress for FY26; FY27 proposal pending | Not applicable in the traditional tribal-consultation sense (this is an agency budget/staffing action, not a land-designation or leasing action); however, NPCA specifically credits… | 2026-08-12 |
| Pacific Marine National Monuments (Papahānaumokuākea, Pacific Islands Heritage, Mariana Trench, Rose Atoll) | Commercial fishing access opened within protected monument waters | Active — proclamations signed, regulatory rulemaking and litigation ongoing | Not yet documented — a Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander community consultation record specific to the June 2026 proclamation was not identified in current sourcing. | 2026-08-12 |
| Red Desert / Rock Springs Resource Management Plan | Resource Management Plan rollback — oil, gas, and mineral access expansion | Active — plan amendment in progress, comment period closed | The finalized 2024 plan followed an unusually extensive public process: begun in 2011, spanning 13 years, including a governor's task force with local government, industry, and grazing representation, and a comment period extended at the governor's own request. | 2026-08-12 |
| Tongass National Forest (2001 Roadless Rule Rescission) | Logging / road construction — roadless rule rescission | Proposed rescission — draft EIS expected 2026, litigation history ongoing | When the Trump administration previously proposed removing Tongass roadless protections (a distinct, earlier 2020 action), 96% of public comments submitted opposed the proposal. | 2026-08-12 |
"Consultation / Process Note" shows the first documented sentence from each site's full Tribal/Public Consultation Status section — read the full case file for complete context, since a one-sentence excerpt can't carry every nuance the full record does.