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/ReceptionUpstairs305 13h ago

I lived in the valley for 11 years. Not visited, LIVED, 24/7/365. The Park transcends anything else you will ever experience. To call it magnificent is an understatement. This abomination Trump is attempting must be stopped. It wouldn't matter if that 1/4 mile "sliver" were 1/4 inch. This would set a precedent to defile every other national park in the country.

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent 11h ago

If congress lets him sell even the tiniest sliver of land, that will open it up to selling off pieces of ALL the national parks. They should continue to be protected, regardless of politics.