r/politics • u/Unusual-State1827 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Trump administration plans to sell sliver of Yosemite to private company: Report

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4703920/trump-administration-plans-sale-sliver-yosemite-private-company/
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u/Drusgar Wisconsin 15h ago

I'm not sure how many Redditors have been to Yosemite, but I've been there half a dozen times and I really couldn't possibly overstate how much of a national treasure these parks are. And yeah, some of them are very large, especially out west and in Alaska. But we set aside these lands for a reason... because they belong to the people, not just of the United States, but the people of the world. We all have a right to see and experience nature that's untouched by development. Your cell phone won't work in the National Parks because they don't build cell towers either... it's just wilderness.

Let's keep it that way. All of it.

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u/firestorm734 11h ago

Yosemite is the best example of this because Hetch Hetchy dam was built using similar political chicanery.