Coalition Chair Phil Francis joins PBS News Hour in a segment that examines how proposed funding cuts to the National Park Service could harm both the parks and the surrounding communities that rely on tourism. With fewer resources for staffing and maintenance, local economies near national parks—especially in rural areas—face potential job losses and revenue
Park Advocates Warn of Dire Consequences from Staffing Cuts: Report Highlights Risks to Visitor Services, Safety, and Conservation
The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, in collaboration with the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the Association of National Park Rangers (ANPR), and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), have released an analysis detailing the real-world consequences of further staffing cuts, from slashed visitor services and delayed maintenance to weakened wildfire response and
Coalition Comments on Proposed Parcels for BLM Montana-Dakotas January 2026 Oil and Gas Lease Sale
July 24, 2025 Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Office Attention: Hattie Payne 5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101 Subject: Scoping comments on parcels under consideration for inclusion in the BLM Montana-Dakotas Q1 January 2026 Oil and Gas Lease Sale (DOI-BLM-MT-0000-2025-0008-EA) To whom it may concern: Thank you for the opportunity to submit these scoping
Comments on EPA’s Proposal on Regional Haze actions for Texas and Oklahoma
Comments Submitted via regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R06-OAR-2025-0197-0041 July 23, 2025 Michael Feldman U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, Air and Radiation Division SO2 and Regional Haze Section 1201 Elm Street Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75270 Fe*************@*pa.gov Subject: Comments on EPA’s Proposal on Regional Haze actions for Texas and Oklahoma Dear Mr. Feldman: We are writing on
Oppose Onshore Oil and Gas Riders in the FY26 House Interior Appropriations Bill
July 21, 2025 The Honorable Tom Cole Chair House Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives H-307 The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Ranking Member House Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives 1036 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Oppose Onshore Oil and Gas Riders in the FY26 House
Coalition Joins Partners Opposition to House FY26 Interior Appropriations Bill
July 21, 2025 Dear Chairman Cole, Ranking Member DeLauro and Appropriations Committee Members, We, the members of the National Parks Second Century Action Coalition urge you to oppose the U.S. House of Representatives Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The Administration’s actions have severely hampered the National Park Service’s (NPS)
Coalition on Grand Canyon Fire: A New Blow to Park Service Hit by Staff Cuts
By Mike Magner July 21, 2025 The wildfire that destroyed a historic lodge on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon this month was the latest blow to the struggling National Park Service after months of staffing and funding cuts under the Trump administration. Since President Donald Trump took office, the Park Service has
Coalition Speaks with High Country News: The National Parks Are Not OK
The National Parks Are Not OK Former national park supervisor explains why toilets may be clean this summer, the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’ Christine Peterson July 18, 2025 Stories of struggle flow unceasingly from our public lands — here, a senior botanist pulled from invasive species removal to check campgrounds for unattended
Coalition Joins Over 260 Organizations in Opposing Elimination of NPS Community Assistance Programs
July 11, 2025 The Honorable Mike Simpson Chair Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies House Committee on Appropriations 2358-B Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Tom Cole Chair House Committee on Appropriations H-307 The Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Chellie Pingree Ranking Member Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Coalition Speaks with Washington Post: How Clean is the Air in America’s national parks?
Column by Niko Kommenda July 14, 2025 America’s national parks are wildly popular. Last year, they had more than 330 million visits, a number close to the entire population of the United States. If you ask online what the U.S. “does better than any other country,” national parks emerge as one of the top answers,
Supreme Court Intervenes to Allow Trump’s Unlawful Reorganization of the Federal Government to Continue as Case Proceeds
Supreme Court Intervenes to Allow Trump’s Unlawful Reorganization of the Federal Government to Continue as Case Proceeds Court Uses Shadow Docket to Lift Lower Court’s Pause of Unconstitutional Overhaul of Vital Departments and Agencies July 8, 2025 CONTACT: pr***@**************rd.org Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has granted another emergency stay request from the Trump-Vance
Calls to Add Trump to Mount Rushmore Revive a Century of Rejected Proposals — and Artist’s Firm “No”
A club too exclusive for Trump — or anyone else who applies. People have long wanted to add presidents to Mount Rushmore. But there’s two big reasons that’s unlikely, if not impossible. GREENWIRE | Even in the years before work on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial finally wrapped up in late 1941, the requests rolled
Conservation Groups Urge Full Environmental Review of Dominion Energy’s Proposed Power Line Expansion Through Manassas Battlefield
National Park Service Jessica Bowron, Comptroller, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Director 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 Dear Acting Director Bowron, We, the twelve undersigned organizations, are writing to share our concerns regarding a forthcoming permit request from Dominion Energy for a proposed right-of-way (ROW) expansion for a transmission line through Manassas
Coalition Participates in Meeting with Arizona Daily Star Editorial Board: Preserve our public lands
Arizona Daily Star Editorial: Preserve our public lands Jun 26, 2025 When word came down about Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s plan, inserted into the Big Beautiful whatever, to mandate the sale of between 0.5% and 0.75% of all Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands in 11 Western states over the next five
NPR: Asked to flag ‘negative’ National Park content, visitors gave their own 2 cents instead
JUNE 26, 2025 3:16 PM ET HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED By Chloe Veltman Signs installed earlier this month in national parks across the country asking visitors to share feedback on “any signs or other information that are negative about past or living Americans” are eliciting all sorts of reactions. But comments viewed
Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks Blasts DOI’s Biased Regulatory Reform Effort Favoring Industry Over Conservation
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION – NO HARD COPY TO FOLLOW Submitted on-line via: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOI-2025-0005-0001 June 30, 2025 U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 Subject: DOI Request for Information (RFI) regarding Regulatory Reform To Whom It May Concern: I am writing on behalf of the Coalition to Protect
Coalition Joins Opposition to Oil and Gas Provisions in Budget Reconciliation
June 28, 2025 The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Chuck Schumer Democratic Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Re: Oppose Oil and Gas Provisions in Budget Reconciliation Dear Leader Thune, Leader Schumer, and Members of the Senate, Our nation’s public lands are irreplaceable. They provide essential
Coalition Rallies Media to Defend National Parks Amid Trump-Era Threats and Budget Cuts
From its first days, the Trump Administration has threatened a number of drastic cuts to national parks and public lands more broadly. They have slashed staffing, attempted the largest ever reduction in the park service budget, and tried to sell off millions of acres of public lands – all while forcing the parks to remain
After Bipartisan Outrage, Controversial Provision To Sell Public Lands Is Stripped From Reconciliation Package
After Bipartisan Outrage, Controversial Provision To Sell Public Lands Is Stripped From Reconciliation Package Coalition To Protect America’s National Parks Calls Ruling From Senate Parliamentarian A Win And Commits To Keeping Up Fight To Protect Public Lands and National Parks Late last night, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the highly controversial provision from Senator Mike
Public Comments Submitted on 11th Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (BOEM-2025-0015)
June 16, 2025 Submitted via www.regulations.gov Ms. Kelly Hammerle National Program Manager Bureau Ocean Energy Management (VAM-LD) 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166-9216 Re: Comments in Response to Request for Information and Comments on the Preparation of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program MAA104000 (BOEM-2025-0015) Dear Ms. Hammerle: The Southern
Coalition Talks with The Hill on Proposed Cuts to NPS
Trump’s cuts to National Park Service rankle Republicans By Rachel Frazin – 06/09/25 6:00 AM ET President Trump’s proposed cuts to the National Park Service (NPS) are troubling some Republicans. The Trump administration has proposed a 30 percent cut to the park service’s operations and staffing budgets. In addition, the administration’s budget calls for transferring
Comments on Proposed Air Plan Approval for South Dakota’s Regional Haze Plan — Second Implementation Period
Joe Stein Air and Radiation Division Region 8 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1595 Wynkoop St. Denver, CO 80202 Electronic Filing Regulations.gov Re: Comments on Proposed Air Plan Approval; South Dakota; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period [EPA Docket No. EPA–R08–OAR–2024–0609] Dear Mr. Stein, The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Sierra Club and
Comments on the Draft EA and Draft FONSI for the BLM MTDKs Proposed Q4 2025 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale in McKenzie County, North Dakota
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION – NO HARD COPY TO FOLLOW Submitted via: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2036978/595/8021245/comment June 4, 2025 Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Office Branch of Fluid Minerals Attention: Hattie Payne 5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101 Subject: Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the BLM Montana-Dakotas 2025 Fourth Quarter (October) Oil
NPCA, ANPR, and CPANP Strongly Oppose OPM’s Proposed Civil Service Rule
June 2, 2025 Charles Ezell Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20415 Re: “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service,” Proposed Rule, 90 Fed. Reg. 17182, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004 Dear Acting Director Ezell, The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Association of National Park Rangers (ANPR) and Coalition
Judge Deals Significant Blow to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government
PRESS RELEASE May 22, 2025 Preliminary Injunction Issued in Largest and Most Significant Challenge to President’s Authority to Remake Government without Congressional Approval Washington, D.C. – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division today issued a preliminary injunction that will block the Trump administration’s unlawful reorganization of the federal