For many of us, Arizona’s public lands are where the good weekends happen. They’re places to hike, camp, watch wildlife, and get a little breathing room.
A survey shared by the Arizona Trail Association on September 21 suggests that protecting those places matters to voters across political lines.
What the survey found
According to the published results:
- 83% opposed eliminating national monument lands in Arizona.
- 84% supported keeping current protections for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
- 72% supported maintaining current protections for Ironwood Forest National Monument.
- 89% considered protecting drinking water sources a very or extremely important reason to protect public lands.
Who conducted it?
Echelon Insights conducted the survey for The Wilderness Society, a conservation advocacy organization. It surveyed 918 likely Arizona voters from August 18 through August 22, with a reported overall margin of sampling error of approximately 4.3 percentage points.
These are poll findings, rather than an announcement of changes to monument boundaries or access. They offer a look at how surveyed voters view the future of some of Arizona’s remarkable landscapes.
Read the findings and methodology through the Arizona Trail Association.