Trump administration blocks $25 million in funding for national parks
More than 130 agreements were denied, leaving $25 million in secured funding on hold for wildfire recovery, habitat work and historic preservation.
- On Friday, The Washington Post reported that the Interior Department rejected more than 130 national park projects last month, freezing at least $25 million in funding for Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, and Joshua Tree.
- Interior Department spokesperson Aubrie Spady stated the agency "disapproved a number of partnership agreements" with groups working against administration priorities, though she did not specify which policies were violated.
- The Great Basin Institute accounted for more than 70 of the rejected agreements worth at least $12.7 million, while Joshua Tree National Park faced at least 10 rejections and Denali National Park and Preserve lost funding for three sled dog workers.
- Despite reports, The Park Service claimed last month that "no final decisions" have been made, though rejections already affect efforts protecting prehistoric Native American mounds in Iowa and San Francisco garter snakes at Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
- Separately, the administration is reportedly pursuing a land exchange at Yosemite that could give a private developer control of a quarter-mile strip of park land, potentially signaling broader management shifts beyond the current rejections.
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The Interior Department did not give approval to more than 130 partnership agreements covering activities like tending to sled dogs and preventing damage to burial mounds.
Trump Admin Reportedly Nixes $25 Million in National Park Projects
The Trump administration has reportedly rejected more than 130 planned projects at national parks, putting at least $25M in previously secured funding on hold. The post Trump Admin Reportedly Nixes $25 Million in National Park Projects first appeared on Mediaite.
White House blocks $25 million in funding for national parks
The Trump administration has blocked more than 130 projects in national parks across the country worth at least $25 million, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post - funding that had already been secured for some of the most visited parks for work such as fire preparedness in California, prehistoric mound protection in Iowa and sled dog care in Alaska.
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