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Yosemite National Park is one of the crown jewels of the country. Across presidents, no matter their party, its natural protections have been steadfastly maintained. Until Trump. The park is almost entirely ringed by a national forest buffer, with very little private land touching it. Now, Trump’s National Park Service has been working to hand protected acreage to Kingsbarn Realty Capital, a developer holding 83 acres just five miles from the ancient sequoias. Kingsbarn is planning to build a resort on that property, with stores, restaurants, a hotel, and what the company calls a "small village of homes." To attract investors, guests, and new homeowners, they want a strip of Yosemite itself — a road cut through the park for easy access to Half Dome and El Capitan. The existing road already works, it's just inconvenient. Previous administrations, Republican as well as Democrat, have already turned down the developers. The previous owner of Kingsbarn sued for the same road and lost in 2007, then lost again on appeal in 2012. Bush refused. Obama refused. Biden left it closed. Judges ruled plainly that the government owes no developer a new road through Yosemite. We can’t let Trump change course. Send a direct message to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Acting Director of the National Park Service Jessica Bowron demanding they reject the deal now. SIGN AND SEND So what changed? Not the law, not the terrain, not the public interest. The only thing that changed is the administration. Despite two federal rulings and three presidents declining, the Park Service is now fast-tracking this deal, after a full year of meetings with the developer's lobbyists. That’s a decision already in process. The opposition is broad and unified. The National Parks Conservation Association, the Sierra Club, and Yosemite leadership of NFFE (National Federation of Federal Employees) Local 465 oppose it. So do Senators Merkley, Padilla, Schiff, and Murkowski. Alex Honnold, who in 2019 became the first person to free climb El Capitan, called the idea "insane." During his confirmation, Secretary Burgum told the Senate he would protect "every single inch" of the national parks. His Department of the Interior now claims to have reached no "final decision." Here’s the thing: park boundaries are effectively permanent. Carve one out for a resort, and you’ve written the template every developer will cite forever. Hold Secretary Burgum to his own words. Tell him and Acting Director Bowron to reject the Kingsbarn land transfer and keep Yosemite whole. Thank you for fighting back against Trump’s attempt to sell Yosemite off for parts. Robert Reich Inequality Media Civic Action SUPPORT OUR WORK

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