Trump administration faces backlash over Yosemite park giveaway

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-29 · 00:55 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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The Trump administration is reportedly considering transferring a section of Yosemite National Park to a private developer. An investigation by NOTUS revealed that the government has spent over a year working to transfer a roughly 400-meter strip of the park to a company connected to Kingsbarn Realty Capital. This potential action is described as the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to reduce conservation protections on public lands. Previous actions include shrinking Utah national monuments and proposing to end restrictions on logging and road-building in national forests.

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The administration moved to end a rule barring logging and road-building in national forests.

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In July, the president slashed two Utah national monuments by more than 90 per cent.

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This move is the latest by the Trump administration to roll back conservation protections of public lands.

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The government has spent over a year quietly working to transfer a roughly 400-metre strip of the park to a company linked to Kingsbarn Realty Capital.

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Trump administration is considering giving away a section of Yosemite National Park to a private developer.

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US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering giving away a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park to a private developer.An investigation published on Friday by NOTUS, a news outlet, said the government had spent over a year quietly working to transfer a roughly 400-metre (0.25-mile) strip of the park to a company linked through a web of other entities to Nevada-based Kingsbarn Realty Capital.It is the latest move by the Trump administration to roll back conservation protections of public lands. In July, the president slashed two Utah national monuments by more than 90 per cent, and this month his administration moved to end a rule barring logging and road-building in national forests.

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