Our parks and public lands are under attack
The Trump administration is cutting funding for our most cherished places, removing vital public lands workers, and trying to sell off Americans’ public lands to pay for tax cuts for billionaires—all at the expense of public access.
Americans who are eager to visit and enjoy national parks, national monuments, and other public lands are experiencing long lines, crowded trailheads, closed campgrounds, slower emergency response, diminished visitor services, and censored history. President Trump and Interior Secretary Burgum are to blame for this mess.
In 2025, we went on a road trip across the West to highlight attacks on our public lands and fight back. In 2026, we are heading back out on the road to keep up the fight. We're hosting two live podcast recordings with local leaders, public lands advocates, and others who will share their perspectives and examples of how communities are being impacted and how members of the public can support efforts to protect public lands.
Upcoming events
Santa Fe, NM
July 30, 2026
Tucson, AZ
August, 2026
Stay tuned for more details soon:
Tour
In 2025, Keep Parks Public went on a road trip across the West to highlight attacks on our public lands and fight back, hosting on-the-ground events and hearing from local leaders, public lands advocates, former federal employees, and others affected by these attacks. In 2026, we are returning to the road with stops in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona.
Public lands are under sustained attack from funding and staffing cuts
The Trump administration’s funding and staffing cuts are crippling our national parks, forests, and other public lands, leaving them vulnerable to privatization and sell-off attempts. Since January, the National Park Servicehas lost a quarter of its permanent staff, leaving parks across the country scrambling to serve summer visitors. Thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees were also laid off earlier this year, leading to lags in recreation permitting and overflowing toilets. And, more than 4,500 Forest Service firefighting jobs — around a quarter of the agency’s full firefighting force — remained vacant as of July 17, while the country experiences an unprecedented wildfire season.
A Center for Western Priorities report finds that the Trump administration has fully or partially implemented more than 80 percent of Project 2025's recommendations for public lands, including actions to expand fossil fuel production and logging, roll back land protections, and gut the agencies that protect national parks and forests. These cuts are completely at odds with the wishes of the American public, who love public lands and want to see the agencies that care for them fully funded.
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