Trump considers giving away part of Yosemite to private company

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

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.

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.

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