For Immediate Release: December 17, 2025 Contact: Doug Gordon | do**@***************es.com Retired Park Leaders: Lee Proposal Could “Gut National Parks” And “End The National Park Service As We Know It” In response to Chairman Mike Lee advancing a proposal that could green-light the selling off, transferring and giving away of national parks, Emily Thompson, Executive Director
Congress Urged to Block Unlawful Plan to Artificially Suppress National Park Service Performance Ratings
Senator Mike Lee Chair, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 304 Dirksen Senate Building Washington, DC 20510 Senator Martin Heinrich Ranking Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 304 Dirksen Senate Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Bruce Westerman Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable
Member Op-Ed: Timed entry at Zion National Park is good for the park, its visitors and neighboring communities.
The idea of a reservation is nothing new. It seems we are all used to making a reservation to have a meal at a restaurant, to go to a concert or to a play. By Donald Falvey | For The Salt Lake Tribune Dec. 16, 2025, 8:05 a.m. The state of Utah’s Public Lands Coordinating
Conservation Groups Urge EPA to Reject Alaska’s Regional Haze Plan and Protect Visibility in National Parks
A coalition of conservation organizations—including the National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks—submitted a detailed letter urging the EPA to withdraw its proposed approval of Alaska’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the second planning period, arguing that the plan violates the Clean Air