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Tell Trump’s Interior Department: Yosemite Is Not for Sale

New reporting just exposed that Trump’s Interior Department is considering carving up Yosemite National Park to help a private developer. But we can still stop it.

Kingsbarn Realty Capital owns roughly 83 acres next to Yosemite and wants better road access to the property. For years, the National Park Service resisted efforts involving access through the park. Now federal officials are considering a land exchange that could make the developer’s plans easier.

But Yosemite belongs to us, not politicians. And we need to stop them from handing it off like a political favor.

Current and former officials have reportedly described unusual political pressure on the National Park Service to accommodate the property owner, although the Interior Department denies politics is driving the process.

Interior says the proposal is still under consideration. Once a transfer or access deal is approved, stopping it becomes much harder. That's why taking action now is critical.

And If federal officials start treating national park boundaries like bargaining chips for private interests, Yosemite will not be the last target.

Thanks for all that you do,
Matt from the Swarm