Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer

The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.

By Shawn Hubler and Maxine Joselow

Trump administration considers deal to give away small parcel of Yosemite

According to the News of the United States (NOTUS) outlet, the government has spent over a year looking for ways to transfer a small strip of land in the park to a company that is operated by a Nevada-based real estate developer.

Trump administration pushing to gift parcel of Yosemite land to private developer – report

Nevada-based Kingsbarn Realty Capital seeks to acquire land to construct private road to development outside park The Trump administration is reportedly pushing to give a parcel of land inside Yosemite, the country’s first national park and one of its most popular, to a Nevada-based private developer. Staff with the National Park Service have been exploring how the agency can give a quarter-mile parcel to a company operated by Kingsbarn Realty Capital, the news outlet Notus reported on Friday...

By Dani Anguiano

Trump administration faces backlash over Yosemite park giveaway

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...

By Agence France-Presse

Is Trump giving away part of Yosemite National Park to Kingsbarn Realty? What we know so far

Trump administration reportedly pressured NPS to give Kingsbarn Realty a Yosemite land parcel, raising concerns over a proposed road to its nearby resort.