Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago

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Donald Trump's proposed FY 2026 budget for the National Park Service is nothing less than catastrophic. Among other measures, the budget proposes firing 5,500 more Park Rangers, reducing the agency's budget by $1 billion, and selling off 350 of the Park System's 433 Units. Defenders of Wildlife has called it an "extinction budget," and NPCA has said the National Parks will be "completely decimated." In this video, I'm breaking down the Trump Budget and its impact on the National Park System.

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Sources and Resources:
nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/06/trump-budget-request-would-cut-national-park-service-workforce-more-5500

npca.org/articles/8495-president-trump-s-proposed-budget-could-decimate-at-least-350-national-park

npca.org/articles/8429-president-trump-s-proposed-budget-takes-axe-to-national-park-service

Trump Budget Request:
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/appendix_fy2026.pdf

whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf

bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-06-02/trump-plans-to-offload-national-park-sites-but-states-don-t-want-them

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