TELL Congress: Trump is draining national park funds to pay for his wasteful vanity projects AND pressuring the National Park Service to sell part of Yosemite to a real estate developer. This Trump-first agenda threatens to destroy America's natural treasures. Sign the petition: Protect our national parks — don't let Trump sell off part of Yosemite!

Trump is trying to sell off part of Yosemite National Park for corporate development. It's an unprecedented moneymaking scheme just as Trump drains national park funds to pay for his wasteful authoritarian vanity projects — like his "triumphal arch."1,2

A former Yosemite park superintendent said, "Yosemite is kind of a bellwether for the national parks. If this can happen in Yosemite, it can really happen anywhere in the national park system."3

In almost all aspects of our society, Trump has tested how far he can go to push his far-right agenda: threatening the media to silence opposition, profiting off of the presidency, erecting monuments to himself, and breaking the law to do it all. Now, he's testing if he can destroy America's national parks. Our lawmakers must stop him.

Sign the petition: Block Trump from selling off Yosemite for corporate destruction!

The Trump administration is putting enormous political pressure on parks officials to sell part of Yosemite to a private real estate developer and investment firm.4

"Yosemite is not Donald Trump's to give away. This secretive deal betrays the purpose of our national parks and the promise our government has kept since Abraham Lincoln to protect Yosemite for the public and for generations to come," said the Sierra Club.5

Trump is willing to hand over one of America's most beloved national parks to pull off a business deal. It would serve the country's oligarch profiteers, not the people. Congress must speak out and ensure Trump doesn't push through this devastating sale.

Sign the petition: Don't let Trump sell Yosemite, and America, to the highest bidder.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. NOTUS, "Trump's Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer," August 28, 2026.
  2. PBS News, "National parks under strain from Trump's construction projects and political pressure," August 28, 2026.
  3. New York Times, "Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer," August 28, 2026.
  4. NOTUS, "Trump's Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer," August 28, 2026.
  5. Sierra Club, "Sierra Club Slams Trump Plan to Carve Up Yosemite for Private Developer," August 28, 2026.

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