Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?

Is this the beginning of the end of America’s national parks?

Kelly, Wyo. — Like a cinnamon river overflowing its banks, thousands of elk have been making their way across Jackson Hole, Wyo., to their summer range below the high, jagged peaks of Grand Teton National Park.

'The pattern is similar across America'

'Is this the beginning of the end of America's national parks?'Ted Kerasote at The New York TimesAmerica's "national parks have been a golden goose," but the "outlook for the national parks next year is especially grim," says Ted Kerasote. Donald Trump has "proposed hacking the Park Service's operating budget by roughly 30%, which would be catastrophic." We "would be witnessing the dismantling of a century-old system that has protected majestic …

Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?

Like a cinnamon river overflowing its banks, thousands of elk have been making their way across Jackson Hole, Wyo., to their summer range below the high, jagged peaks of Grand Teton National Park. This is one of the world’s most spectacular migrations, protected by the creation and expansion over the last half century of what is now a 485-square-mile park. As the weather has warmed, cars and vans carrying tourists from far and wide have been lin…

'Catastrophic': Trump is now going after 'the best idea we ever had'

President Donald Trump’s push to slash federal spending could have devastating consequences for America’s national parks, with proposed budget cuts threatening to gut the Park Service and dismantle protections for the country’s most treasured landscapes, the New York Times reported Sunday.In 2023, the latest year with available data, an estimated 325 million people visited national parks, monuments, and historic sites, spending around $26.4 bill…

Rally at Gettysburg to Support the National Parks on June 16 at 4PM - The Reconstruction Era

A large number of us will hold a rally at Gettysburg in support of the National Park Service, the Rangers, and the staff of the parks. If you want to support the parks, please come Kevin Levin is in the lead on this and here is what he says: I wanted to update all of you on the planned rally in support of the National Park Service, which will take place on Monday, June 16 from 4-6:30PM at the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. Thanks to Gettysburg Ri…

Will the National Parks Survive Trump?

Budget cuts proposed for next year would be catastrophic.