The PLOT to SELL OFF National Parks | How Is This Better?

On February 14th, 2025 Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) sent a letter to 1000 probationary National Parks staff – firing them – only to reinstate them weeks later. Pretty INefficient…

But that wasn’t just a distraction. It wasn’t just a fumble. It was the opening salvo for a plan, laid out in Project 2025, to dismantle protections for National Parks. It’s all got Akilah Hughes wondering – if she wants to cross going to Yosemite off her bucket list…is it now or never?

Kristen Brengel, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, ⁠National Parks Conservation Association; ⁠Steven Beissinger, Professor of Conservation Biology and A. Starker Leopold Professor of Wildlife Ecology, UC Berkeley⁠; Adam Auerbach⁠, conservation non-profit leader, former RMNP Ranger