'Nobody wants this': Senator axes language protecting national parks

Mike Lee eyes national park sites in latest push on public lands

Public lands are in Sen. Mike Lee’s crosshairs again, and this time he appears to be targeting national parks big and small.

'Nobody wants this': Senator axes language protecting national parks

Utah Sen. Mike Lee removed language from the Senate appropriations bill requiring national parks to be managed as federal land.

Senator Mike Lee Axes Protection for National Parks

SF Gate reported Utah Sen. Mike Lee has proposed changes to the Senate appropriations bill that could open the door for the sale of national parks, according to national park advocacy groups. Read more at ‘ Nobody wants this’: Senator axes language protecting national parks

Take Action to Protect National Parks Today

Our national parks are under immediate threat, and we need your help to protect them! Earlier this year, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) pushed a proposed provision that would have put more than 250 million acres of public land on the chopping block and for sale, with a mandated sale of up to 2-3 million acres within five years. With your help, the provision was successfully thrown out. But now Senator Lee is back with an even more dangerous amendment…