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Press Releases


Sierra Club Statement as Interior Department Doubles Down on Billion-Dollar Cuts to NPS

WASHINGTON, DC – During a Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum restated his department’s intentions to cut nearly a billion dollars from…

Sierra Club Statement on Latest Park Fee Hike Proposal by Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, DC – Some visitors could pay higher fees to visit America’s national parks with Donald Trump’s recent budget proposal.The Trump administration’s National Park Service (NPS) budget…

Sierra Club Statement as Trump Budget Guts Land and Water Conservation Fund

WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration’s official budget request for fiscal year 2026, released Friday, includes a massive rollback of a major conservation funding program, unprecedented…

Sierra Club Statement As Trump Threatens to Drop Hundreds of NPS Sites

WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration’s proposed budget, released this month, includes transferring hundreds of National Park Service sites to state management. This comes as the…

Sierra Club Statement on Interior Attempt to Erase Truth and History on Public Lands

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order that would potentially require Interior sites to reinstate any monuments, memorials, statues, or markers that have been…

Interior Attempts to Cut Air Quality Monitoring in Parks

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that the Interior Department temporarily suspended an air-quality monitoring program in the national parks. This follows after the United…

Sierra Club Endorses Bipartisan Bill to Restore Public Lands Infrastructure

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Sens. Angus King and Steve Daines introduced the bipartisan America the Beautiful Act, which would reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF…

DOGE Cuts Hit Thousands of Americorps Volunteers

WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, volunteers from the AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps were told they would be discharged from their service early as part of DOGE efforts to slash the…

Trump Orders Defense Department to Occupy Public Lands Along Border

WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration yesterday announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of land along the U.S.-Mexico border from the Department of the Interior to the Army.…

Interior Puts Pressure on Parks to Stay Open Without Support

WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, the Interior Department issued an order to ensure that all national parks and historic sites remain open and accessible to the public. At the same time, the …