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.

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.

The Trump administration is eyeing a land swap that would give part of Yosemite National Park to a private company, according to a document submitted to Congress. In the document, obtained by The Hill, the National Park Service (NPS) states that a landowner is seeking to connect their property with a park service road

Officials may be working with a private Nevada-based company to exchange roughly a quarter-mile strip of Yosemite for an undetermined parcel of California private land, the report said.

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.

Trump Administration wants to give part of Yosemite to a developer  USA Today

The potential deal has alarmed conservationists and former federal officials, who say that Yosemite, the crown jewel of the nation’s park system, should be off-limits to development.

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

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 Na

Evan Vucci / REUTERS The Trump administration has been secretly plotting to gift a portion of Yosemite National Park to a private developer, a new report claims. The eyebrow-raising deal, which prior administrations rejected, would award a sliver of the iconic national park to a developer to pave a private road throug

President Trump wants to give part of Yosemite National Park to a private developer. NOTUS reports that the Trump administration is trying to give a parcel of the park, about 0.25 miles long, to Kingsbarn Realty Capital, a real estate developer in Nevada. The government’s proposal has the National Park Service either g