[Opinion] Yosemite Connection Stirs Public Opinion on Tahoe Development

Yosemite land giveaway shows no place is safe from Trump’s assault on public lands

Mark Butler is a former superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park and worked for the National Park Service for 38 years.

Yosemite land giveaway shows no place is safe from Trump's assault on public lands

The Trump administration is finding ways to sell, lease or give away millions of acres of protected public lands and national parkland to developers.

Yosemite connection stirs public opinion on Tahoe development

KINGS BEACH, Calif. – A connection between a Tahoe development and the recently circulating proposed Yosemite land swap is stirring public perspectives regarding a Kings Beach development. Kingsbarn Realty Capital soared into public view this past month after NOTUS broke the story of a potential land swap in which the company would receive a reportedly quarter-mile strip of Yosemite National Park land.  The reported purpose for the developer acq…