Yosemite, again in corporate crosshairs, embodies the long war over US national park privatization

Yosemite National Park is home to three groves of massive ancient sequoia trees. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Reports that the Trump administration is working to transfer part of Yosemite National Park to a private land developer have heightened concerns among park advocates and the public about privatization of public land. The proposed deal, which a government spokesperson said has not been finalized, would involve a land swap: The government would give the developer a…