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Defending America’s national parks from Trump’s attacks. Fighting privatization, cuts, and corruption to protect our public lands. #SaveOurParks
Trump’s top Forest Service official Michael Boren left his illegal cabin company off his ethics filings. Two years after the agency ordered it removed, the cabin is still on public land. USDA’s watchdog needs to investigate. bit.ly/4icEoyS
Top Forest Service Official Michael Boren Hid His Illegal Cabin Company From Ethics Officials, Congress, And The Public — Save Our Parks
Uber-Rich Trump Appointee Boren Hid Galena Mines LLC, The Company Behind His Still-Standing Illegal Public Lands Cabin Ordered Removed Two Years Ago HELENA, MT – A new investigation , publish...
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October 30, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Trump’s top Forest Service official Michael Boren left his illegal cabin company off his ethics filings. Two years after the agency ordered it removed, the cabin is still on public land. USDA’s watchdog needs to investigate. bit.ly/4icEoyS
Doug Burgum spent last week stumping for Trump in Alaska and pitching the state as the next big hub for AI data centers, while locals question whether the power grid can even handle it. Data Center Doug keeps cosplaying as Big Tech’s top salesman. https://bit.ly/3W2QRfU
Interior Secretary Burgum touts deregulation and data centers
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum spent Wednesday evening in Fairbanks, after campaigning with President Trump in Wasilla earlier this week.
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October 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum spent last week stumping for Trump in Alaska and pitching the state as the next big hub for AI data centers, while locals question whether the power grid can even handle it. Data Center Doug keeps cosplaying as Big Tech’s top salesman. https://bit.ly/3W2QRfU
A federal judge blocked border wall construction in and around Big Bend National Park. Now the Trump administration is begging the Supreme Court to send the bulldozers back in. Big Bend is no place for a wall, and Doug Burgum’s Park Service must defend it. https://wapo.st/3WJI0zO
October 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A federal judge blocked border wall construction in and around Big Bend National Park. Now the Trump administration is begging the Supreme Court to send the bulldozers back in. Big Bend is no place for a wall, and Doug Burgum’s Park Service must defend it. https://wapo.st/3WJI0zO
Doug Burgum’s $100 foreign visitor fee was supposed to raise $90M+ a year for parks. It brought in about $22.5M in six months, and one Grand Canyon outfitter went from 10 German-language tours a year to just one. Gateway businesses are footing the bill. https://bit.ly/3Uj5YRE
Grand Canyon businesses blame $100 foreign visitor fee for driving down tourism
Grand Canyon tourism businesses say a new $100 surcharge on foreign visitors has hurt bookings and spending. An Arizona tour company is suing to block the fee, which the National Park Service defends as a way to boost revenue at 11 popular parks.
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October 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum’s $100 foreign visitor fee was supposed to raise $90M+ a year for parks. It brought in about $22.5M in six months, and one Grand Canyon outfitter went from 10 German-language tours a year to just one. Gateway businesses are footing the bill. https://bit.ly/3Uj5YRE
Doug Burgum showed up in Arizona for a ribbon-cutting at Chiricahua, America’s newest national park. At the same time, he’s starved Arizona’s parks of staff and funding while pouring millions into Trump’s failed Reflecting Pool. https://bit.ly/4zpGh1r
October 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum showed up in Arizona for a ribbon-cutting at Chiricahua, America’s newest national park. At the same time, he’s starved Arizona’s parks of staff and funding while pouring millions into Trump’s failed Reflecting Pool. https://bit.ly/4zpGh1r
Burgum has taken a chainsaw to park staffing and funding with DOGE cuts, while illegally redirecting funds to make way for Trump’s D.C. vanity projects. Now, Americans’ national parks are being forced to rely on private philanthropic donations to get by. https://bit.ly/4yu0rG1
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October 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Burgum has taken a chainsaw to park staffing and funding with DOGE cuts, while illegally redirecting funds to make way for Trump’s D.C. vanity projects. Now, Americans’ national parks are being forced to rely on private philanthropic donations to get by. https://bit.ly/4yu0rG1
Mining claims on land Trump and Doug Burgum stripped from Bears Ears have climbed to 72 in less than a month, and Tribal leaders are renewing calls to restore protections for this sacred landscape.
Burgum must undo this damage before it's too late. https://bit.ly/3UAz3bv
Burgum must undo this damage before it's too late. https://bit.ly/3UAz3bv
Sacred Bears Ears lands face 72 mining claims following Trump's cuts
Mining claims on land removed from Bears Ears National Monument have risen to 72 as Tribal leaders renew calls for protections to be restored to the sacred landscape in southern Utah.The Southern Utah...
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October 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Mining claims on land Trump and Doug Burgum stripped from Bears Ears have climbed to 72 in less than a month, and Tribal leaders are renewing calls to restore protections for this sacred landscape.
Burgum must undo this damage before it's too late. https://bit.ly/3UAz3bv
Burgum must undo this damage before it's too late. https://bit.ly/3UAz3bv
Doug Burgum’s Interior blocked millions in funding for Nevada’s national parks, downgrading things like a flash flood warning system and safety lights at Lake Mead. Visitor safety is on the chopping block so Trump’s costly and wasteful D.C. vanity projects can cut the line. https://bit.ly/4hSdA6L
Trump administration blocks maintenance funding for Nevada national parks
The Trump administration has blocked millions of dollars in federal funding for numerous projects in Nevada’s national parks which would have supported everything from long-term weather stations and road mapping
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October 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum’s Interior blocked millions in funding for Nevada’s national parks, downgrading things like a flash flood warning system and safety lights at Lake Mead. Visitor safety is on the chopping block so Trump’s costly and wasteful D.C. vanity projects can cut the line. https://bit.ly/4hSdA6L
Trumpeting a mega donation from a private equity firm, with untold sums of money invested in speculative data centers and AI development, is a cheap fix to the extensive park problems Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has created. https://bit.ly/4yu0rG1
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October 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Trumpeting a mega donation from a private equity firm, with untold sums of money invested in speculative data centers and AI development, is a cheap fix to the extensive park problems Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has created. https://bit.ly/4yu0rG1
Doug Burgum’s Interior Department just exempted winter oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve from environmental review. This could mean seismic surveys, new roads, and exploratory wells, all fast-tracked without any protections or public input. https://bit.ly/4dJLE2A
Trump exempts Arctic winter oil and gas drilling from environmental review - Center for Western Priorities
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will exempt winter oil and gas drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska from the environmental reviews normally required by the National Environmental Policy Act. The Interior department...
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October 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum’s Interior Department just exempted winter oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve from environmental review. This could mean seismic surveys, new roads, and exploratory wells, all fast-tracked without any protections or public input. https://bit.ly/4dJLE2A
The donor list for Trump’s $330 million White House ballroom is out, and it’s packed with lobbyists, billionaires, and crooks asking for pardons. Big Tech and Big Oil keep buying favors while Data Center Doug Burgum opens our public lands to them. https://bit.ly/4zBEpSE
We Now Have a List of Trump’s Ballroom Donors—and It Reeks
Trump’s White House ballroom is funded by lobbyists, billionaires, and pardon recipient wannabes.
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October 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The donor list for Trump’s $330 million White House ballroom is out, and it’s packed with lobbyists, billionaires, and crooks asking for pardons. Big Tech and Big Oil keep buying favors while Data Center Doug Burgum opens our public lands to them. https://bit.ly/4zBEpSE
Arlington County is suing Doug Burgum and his Park Service to stop Trump’s 250-foot arch at the doorstep of Arlington National Cemetery. Burgum’s Park Service admitted the arch would harm historic sites and the D.C. skyline, then kept pushing anyway.
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Arlington County sues to block Trump arch after project gets key approval
Arlington County has filed a lawsuit to block President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch following the project’s approval by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in April. The lawsuit opposed the…
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October 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Arlington County is suing Doug Burgum and his Park Service to stop Trump’s 250-foot arch at the doorstep of Arlington National Cemetery. Burgum’s Park Service admitted the arch would harm historic sites and the D.C. skyline, then kept pushing anyway.
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A new inspection found the blue liner on Doug Burgum’s $14.7 million Reflecting Pool redo failed in at least 85 places after crews rushed to refill the pool before the coating had set. The report never once mentions "vandals." https://wapo.st/4eED6KD
October 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A new inspection found the blue liner on Doug Burgum’s $14.7 million Reflecting Pool redo failed in at least 85 places after crews rushed to refill the pool before the coating had set. The report never once mentions "vandals." https://wapo.st/4eED6KD
Doug Burgum’s Park Service chainsawed 430 trees at D.C.’s East Potomac Golf Links on a Saturday morning, all to clear the way for Trump’s unapproved and tacky makeover. A furious federal judge has now blocked any more cutting through Oct. 28. https://cbsn.ws/4hSC1RK
Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting down trees at D.C. golf course for 2 weeks
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes blocked the Trump administration from cutting down trees at East Potomac Golf Links through Oct. 26.
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October 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum’s Park Service chainsawed 430 trees at D.C.’s East Potomac Golf Links on a Saturday morning, all to clear the way for Trump’s unapproved and tacky makeover. A furious federal judge has now blocked any more cutting through Oct. 28. https://cbsn.ws/4hSC1RK
After 18 years at Interior, attorney John Murdock resigned in protest of Doug Burgum’s assault on the rule of law, including Gulf drilling sales that skirted the Endangered Species Act. We’re grateful to all the public servants standing up for our shared lands and parks. https://bit.ly/4yacqsg
Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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October 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
After 18 years at Interior, attorney John Murdock resigned in protest of Doug Burgum’s assault on the rule of law, including Gulf drilling sales that skirted the Endangered Species Act. We’re grateful to all the public servants standing up for our shared lands and parks. https://bit.ly/4yacqsg
Olympian David Hearn was detained, indicted on a felony and publicly attacked by Doug Burgum and Trump over Reflecting Pool damage that turned out was from a contractor’s botched installation. Burgum owes him answers, and an apology. https://cbsn.ws/4jjwhBD
Attorneys for Olympian David Hearn ask internal watchdogs at DOJ, Interior Dept. to investigate potential misconduct
David Hearn is asking the Justice and Interior Dept. inspectors general to investigate his arrest and the dismissal of the case against him.
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October 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Olympian David Hearn was detained, indicted on a felony and publicly attacked by Doug Burgum and Trump over Reflecting Pool damage that turned out was from a contractor’s botched installation. Burgum owes him answers, and an apology. https://cbsn.ws/4jjwhBD
A nuclear startup wants 9,000+ acres of BLM land near Price, Utah for 456 reactors, data centers, a fuel plant, and nuclear waste storage. Under Data Center Doug, our public lands are being turned into an industrial park for Big Tech. https://bit.ly/4s67HX5
A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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October 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A nuclear startup wants 9,000+ acres of BLM land near Price, Utah for 456 reactors, data centers, a fuel plant, and nuclear waste storage. Under Data Center Doug, our public lands are being turned into an industrial park for Big Tech. https://bit.ly/4s67HX5
Doug Burgum’s Park Service quietly moved 1,492 projects at 276 parks and offices onto a “low priority” list, covering everything from roof repairs to toilet paper and garbage bags. Meanwhile, Trump’s gaudy gilded statues jump to the front of the line. https://bit.ly/4idT2pi
STATEMENT: New map shows 1,492 national park projects put on a "low priority" list - Center for Western Priorities
DENVER—Earlier this year, National Park Service headquarters in Washington shifted about 1,500 projects, many already approved, to a new “low priority” list, the Associated Press reported in August. The projects span more than 200 sites and carry a c...
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October 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum’s Park Service quietly moved 1,492 projects at 276 parks and offices onto a “low priority” list, covering everything from roof repairs to toilet paper and garbage bags. Meanwhile, Trump’s gaudy gilded statues jump to the front of the line. https://bit.ly/4idT2pi
This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, remember how Doug Burgum is erasing Indigenous history across the country. Exhibits at 74 parks were flagged for covering Native history, and Grand Teton pulled a display on the Marias Massacre, where U.S. troops killed 170+ Piegan Blackfeet. https://ampr.gs/4zhboM2
Censored: Erasing 250 Years of American History on Public Lands
CAP analysis of a leaked Department of the Interior database reveals the scope and scale of the Trump administration’s efforts to erase Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized histories—along with science-related content—from public lands nationwid...
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October 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, remember how Doug Burgum is erasing Indigenous history across the country. Exhibits at 74 parks were flagged for covering Native history, and Grand Teton pulled a display on the Marias Massacre, where U.S. troops killed 170+ Piegan Blackfeet. https://ampr.gs/4zhboM2
Doug Burgum's Park Service sent its deputy director to Grand Teton to scout three possible spots for a MLB stadium inside the park. Burgum can't find the money to fund basic park repairs, but he's more than happy to carve them up for big corporations. https://wapo.st/4z6qeET
October 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum's Park Service sent its deputy director to Grand Teton to scout three possible spots for a MLB stadium inside the park. Burgum can't find the money to fund basic park repairs, but he's more than happy to carve them up for big corporations. https://wapo.st/4z6qeET
Today is the deadline House Natural Resources Democrats gave Doug Burgum to come clean on his plans for data centers on public lands. Arizona's members of Congress had to find out about four projects in their state from a D.C. news outlet. What is Burgum hiding? https://bit.ly/4ecFYhA
October 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Today is the deadline House Natural Resources Democrats gave Doug Burgum to come clean on his plans for data centers on public lands. Arizona's members of Congress had to find out about four projects in their state from a D.C. news outlet. What is Burgum hiding? https://bit.ly/4ecFYhA
Doug Burgum's Park Service wants to trade protected land on Georgia's Cumberland Island to Carnegie heirs, opening the door to sprawling private estates on a seashore Congress set aside to stay wild. Public comments close Oct. 16. Tell Burgum no. https://bit.ly/46ZvRJb
Proposed federal land swap draws battle lines on Ga.’s Cumberland Island
A proposed land exchange on Cumberland Island National Seashore is drawing pushback from conservationists and frequent visitors.
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October 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum's Park Service wants to trade protected land on Georgia's Cumberland Island to Carnegie heirs, opening the door to sprawling private estates on a seashore Congress set aside to stay wild. Public comments close Oct. 16. Tell Burgum no. https://bit.ly/46ZvRJb
Data Center Doug Burgum's BLM is weighing a dozen data center projects on 17,600+ acres of public land. One, south of Boise, could become the largest data center in Idaho. Our public lands are being handed to Big Tech while the public is kept in the dark. https://bit.ly/4htfBX2
Data centers proposed on federal land in Eastern Oregon, Western states
A data center proposed on 100 acres of BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon and one of a dozen proposed in six Western states.
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October 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Data Center Doug Burgum's BLM is weighing a dozen data center projects on 17,600+ acres of public land. One, south of Boise, could become the largest data center in Idaho. Our public lands are being handed to Big Tech while the public is kept in the dark. https://bit.ly/4htfBX2
After fierce opposition, the Trump administration already dropped its 30-foot wall through Big Bend National Park, and now it says it may shrink the rest of its border project there. A final call is due this week. The Park Service must hold the line and keep Big Bend wild. https://bit.ly/4ALRQ3O
Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back Big Bend Border Wall
The announcement on plans for the national park, made in two court filings late Tuesday, gave no details on what the government may do.
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October 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
After fierce opposition, the Trump administration already dropped its 30-foot wall through Big Bend National Park, and now it says it may shrink the rest of its border project there. A final call is due this week. The Park Service must hold the line and keep Big Bend wild. https://bit.ly/4ALRQ3O
Doug Burgum’s Fish and Wildlife Service just told staff that loggers and developers can kill endangered species on the job, as long as the animals weren’t the target. Whales, bats, entire populations: fair game under Burgum’s watch. https://bit.ly/4yXv5Z1
Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species • Stateline
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individuals and industries may kill endangered animals and ...
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October 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Doug Burgum’s Fish and Wildlife Service just told staff that loggers and developers can kill endangered species on the job, as long as the animals weren’t the target. Whales, bats, entire populations: fair game under Burgum’s watch. https://bit.ly/4yXv5Z1