Privatizing national park campgrounds?

Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s “agenda is about energy and development and essentially a transfer of the public estate to private hands.” Former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis recently spoke with Aaron Weiss on the Center for Western Priorities’ Go West, Young Podcast. In the interview, Jarvis dives into the attempts by this administration to […]

In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis weighs in on the government shutdown, and why he thinks Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is making a terrible mistake by leaving park gates open. This week in Western history: Cannibal Alferd Packer gets paroled Phil Ochs’ “The Ballad […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 2018 DENVER—As President Trump pushes for a Christmas shutdown of the federal government, the Interior Department intends to keep America’s national parks open to the public, while closing many critical visitor centers and facilities. The Center for Western Priorities issued the following statement from Executive Director Jennifer Rokala: “Secretary Zinke […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2017 DENVER—As the National Park Service celebrates its 101st birthday today, the Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Advocacy Director Jesse Prentice-Dunn: “It is the height of hypocrisy for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to celebrate our parks the day after he proposed wiping vast parts of our […]

The minuscule total is the result of a provision in Rep. Bishop’s legislation that would allow only 0.5 percent of funds to be spent in the West.