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Trump, national park and entrance fees

Trump signs executive order calling for foreign tourists to pay higher national park fees

In its 2026 fiscal year budget proposal released in May, the Interior Department estimated that such a surcharge would generate more than $90 million annually.

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Trump orders higher entrance fees, ends DEI memorandum at national parks

Trump’s order instructs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to “develop a strategy” to increase entrance and pass fees at national parks for non-U.S. residents. This includes hiking up the price of the America the Beautiful Pass, which covers entrance and day-use fees at all federally managed recreation sites, for international visitors.

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Trump orders Interior to look at raising revenue at national parks

President Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to look at raising revenue at national parks by increasing entry fees for foreign tourists. Trump signed an executive order Thursday

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Burgum says only half of NPS employees work in parks. NPS data disagrees.

Roughly 80 percent of National Park Service employees are based in parks, according to publicly available agency data.

National Parks Traveler3d

President Orders Interior Secretary To Increase Park Fees For Foreigners

President Donald Trump, whose administration has worked to shrink the National Park Service workforce and slash its funding, ...

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum tells Scripps News public land sales are not part of the Trump agenda

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday talked about President Donald Trump's flagship "Big Beautiful Bill" and the ...

The Independent3mon

Interior secretary orders national parks to be open and accessible as workforce is cut - The Independent

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is directing national parks to remain open and accessible despite staff cuts, And he says officials will ensure proper staffing to let that happen ...

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Trump and Burgum are erasing history, one National Park at a time (Opinion)

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order to counter what he calls a revisionist movement that “seeks to undermine the ...

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Doug Burgum Confirmed as Interior Secretary, Takes Control of National Parks Service - MSN

The United States Senate today confirmed North Dakota politician and billionaire Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior, now in charge of the Department of the Interior and all its bureaus ...

The Independent4mon

National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers - The Independent

The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of fired National Park Service employees and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to ...

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Secretary Burgum's national park cuts would be "worst idea we ever had" (Letters) - The Denver Post

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is proposing a reduction in the national park service operating budget of $900 million. Current funding for the National Park Service stands at $3.1 ...

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