Trump Administration Weighs Yosemite Land Swap for Private Developer’s Access Road
The Trump administration is considering a Yosemite land exchange that could give a developer more direct park access.
TL;DR
- The Trump administration is considering a land swap involving Yosemite National Park.
- The swap would potentially exchange a small piece of the park for a private developer's access road.
- Kingsbarn Realty Capital, a Nevada-based company, is seeking the exchange to build a road to Yosemite's entrance.
- The developer claims the new road would reduce driving and vehicle emissions.
- Environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and National Parks Conservation Association, oppose the plan.
- Critics call the proposal a 'corrupt back-room deal' and an 'attack on the American people' that would dismantle conservation legacy.
- A previous court rejected a similar road development proposal from the property's former owner.
- Land exchanges involving National Park Service land for private development access are considered unusual.
- The CEO of Kingsbarn has made political donations to President Trump's campaign committee.