As part of our larger “Progress Texas Summer Vacation" series, we reviewed the threats to our national parks with Cristóbal López, the National Parks Conservation Association’s Texas Field Representative. Our talk ranges from exacerbated staff shortages, to how Trump’s budget bill could create the largest public lands sale in modern history - so billionaires can cut you out of “America’s best idea” and keep the views to themselves.

Learn more about this ongoing work at ⁠https://www.npca.org/articles/9320-senate-committee-abandons-national-park-staff-in-reckless-budget-proposal⁠, and at ⁠https://www.npca.org/articles/8858-new-order-threatens-park-service-s-efforts-to-protect-and-explore-american⁠.

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DOGE cuts to our National Parks threaten our most sacred lands. It’s not too late: you can #protectourparks by calling your representatives TODAY and DEMAND they protect ‘America’s best idea’ from corporations and billionaires.

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