national-parks

Sierra Club to Speak on Yale Panel on Threats to National Park Service

All-day symposium Saturday, November 8, is free and open to the public

Sierra Club Statement on Interior Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees

Staff at agencies including Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service would be impacted

5,200 People Participate In Comment Period Asking National Park Service To Improve Visitor Services

Sierra Club, Outdoors Alliance for Kids ask for increased accessibility, youth programs, and more

Trump Shutdown Forces National Parks To Remain Open, Operate With Skeleton Crews

Forest Service, BLM To Continue Staffing Activities Deemed ‘Essential’

National Coalition Calls on Burgum to Reverse Historical Whitewashing Order

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An alliance of more than 100 groups, from environmental organizations to groups supporting outdoor recreation and social justice, are calling on the Secretary of the Interior to reverse a controversial order undermining historical representation on public lands.

Sierra Club Statement on Consideration of Criminal Charges Against Former Yosemite Employee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reports have emerged that a former National Park Service employee could face criminal charges for a free speech demonstration on the park’s famous El Capitan cliff.

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 the National Park Service’s operating budget – a cut that could eliminate the budget and staffing for roughly 350 NPS sites. 

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.

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

The Trump administration’s official budget request for fiscal year 2026 includes a massive rollback of a major conservation funding program, unprecedented cuts to the National Park Service, and further reductions to federal programs aimed at connecting kids and communities with the outdoors.

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 administration seeks to cut the NPS budget by $900 million. 

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

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order that would potentially require Interior sites to reinstate any monuments, memorials, statues, or markers that have been removed or altered.

Sierra Club: Trump Administration Budget Cuts “Locking the Gate” to America’s Public Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum begins two days of testimony on Capitol Hill to House and Senate appropriators.

Burgum is scheduled to appear before the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Tuesday morning, followed by the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Wednesday morning.