Trump exploiting PUBLIC OLD GROWTH FORESTS! Senate Bill 2554 (HR.41), would upend decades of settled law by creating land claims for five new corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). joshuawrightfilm #environment #protecttheearth #protectourparks #wilderness #impeachtrump

Close-up of a spiky cactus with bright pink and purple flowers blooming in a desert environment.

A Protection Package

📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona (2026)

#photography #nature #desert #wildflowers #ProtectOurParks #vintageLens
(KMZ Industar 50mm f3.5)

A honeybee hovers near a large white cactus flower in bloom, surrounded by green cactus buds.

Bee on duty

📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona (2026)

#photography #cactus #nature #saguaro #wildflowers #ProtectOurParks

Trump Administration Proposes Massive Cuts to National Park Service Budget (Again), While Asking for $10 Billion for “Beautification Projects” in Washington, D.C. Fiscal Year 2027 budget request includes a 26% cut to the NPS operations budget, and 19% cut to its employment budget

Simply put, this budget proposal is yet another attempt to gut the National Park Service. It’s a $760 million budget cut. Or a full 26% reduction of the entire NPS budget.

#protectourparks #parkchat #nationalparsk #publiclands

More Resignations and Early Retirements Coming to National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and Other Interior Agencies “It’s almost like, you know, [the Trump administration] thinks that invisible elves do it or something.

“As part of this initiative,” the Interior Department announced in its press release, “we will be offering another Deferred Resignation Program as well as another opportunity for Voluntary Early Retirement.”

#nationalparks #publiclands #protectourparks #protectpubliclands

BLM Wants to Allow Drilling on Lands Directly Bordering Chaco Culture National Historical Park New proposal would revoke mineral withdrawal from a 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Canyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Another day, another attack on public lands. Today, we got an assault on the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Chaco Culture National Historical Park. To be clear: this is straight out of Project 2025 (and in the same category as the Boundary Waters).

#publiclands #protectpubliclands #protectourparks

An ocotillo plant with numerous thorny branches stands in a rocky, arid landscape beneath a dramatic, cloudy blue sky.

Sometimes I feel like being wispy...

📍Big Bend National Park, Texas (2023)

#photography #nature #landscape #ProtectOurParks #vintageLens
(Nikon Nikkor-S 55mm f1.2)

Wide angle shot of a geothermal area with steaming vents and a boardwalk for visitors in Yellowstone National Park

Doing lines in a national park

📍Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (2018)

#landscape #photography #travel #nature #ProtectOurParks

Religion, Science, & the Desert Seeing the awe of the universe beyond religion and science; seeing life in things that aren’t.

this is for people who are like, religion? 👎 spirituality? 🤷‍♀️ nature? 🤠 oh fuck yeah

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#medium #writer #writing #desert #religion #spirituality #nature #lovenature #protectourparks #exchristian #writing #personalessay

Desert landscape with tall saguaro and organ pipe cacti, blooming wildflowers, and rugged mountains under a blue sky with clouds.

Spring in the desert! (Just not this spring)

📍Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona (2023)

#landscape #nature #Photography #wildflowers #protectourparks #saguaro

Our national parks are more than beautiful places. They are living classrooms, wildlife sanctuaries, and climate protectors. When we protect these spaces, we protect our future. #NationalParkConservation #ProtectOurParks #EveryoneBelongsOutside #SPCH145advocates

👏 thank you private timber company and Tahoe Donner Land Trust! 👏

#SaveOurPublicLands #ProtectPublicLands
#ProtectOurParks #nationalparks

An old windmill and metal water tank stand in a dry, desert landscape with a tall saguaro cactus and scrubby bushes under a clear blue sky.

How smart Saguaro secure their water supply

📍Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona (2025)

#landscape #photography #ProtectOurParks

Panoramic view of a geothermal area with steaming vents, colorful mineral deposits in shades of yellow and white, and dark pools of water nestled in a rocky, forested mountain landscape under a clear blue sky.

Bumpass Hell - Funny Name. Amazing geothermal site.

📍Lassen Volcanic National Park, California (2020)

#photography #landscape #ProtectOurParks #travel

Happy World Bear Day! 🐻 Say hello to one of California's most iconic — and occasionally uninvited — park guests.

Help us protect California's wild spaces, learn more about our work at calparks.org 🌿

#WorldBearDay #CaliforniaBlackBear #LakeTahoe #CaliforniaStateParks #ProtectOurParks

A desert landscape with several large, green cacti of various shapes and sizes, including a prominent organ pipe cactus and a saguaro cactus, under a clear blue sky.

The Arizona Cactus Collection

📍Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona (2024)

#landscape #photography #protectOurParks #travel

A sharp, triangular, eroded rock formation stands tall in a desert landscape under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.

Winding Ramps

📍Badlands National Park, South Dakota (2024)

#landscape #photography #travel #ProtectOurParks

Many have taken a photo from that spot, all have been beautiful. #Protectourparks

View through a sandstone archway onto a desert landscape with blue sky and rock formations in the distance

Portals Formed By Geology

📍Arches National Park, Utah (2025)

#landscape #photography #nature #protectOurParks #travel

Perfect day for our (unfortunately-one year anniversary) of our Protect Our Parks Protest
At the GSMNP Townsend Tennessee entrance to park.
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Tall, dying saguaro cactus with multiple arms and a single tall stalk, set against a blue sky with thin clouds, in a desert landscape.

Entering the Rotting In Place Phase

📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona (2026)

#landscape #nature #photography #ProtectOurParks #Tucson #vintageLens
(Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f2.8)

A narrow dirt road winds through a canyon, flanked by tall, textured, light-colored rock cliffs and dry, golden grasses under a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

Single path still available

📍Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado (2022)

#landscape #photography #travel #ProtectOurParks

A large granite mountain towers over a beach and a body of water in Yosemite National Park, trees with yellow fall foliage flank the beach, and the mountain is reflected in the water.

Let's discuss the autumn reflections of granite this spring!

📍Yosemite National Park, California (2018)

#landscape #photography #ProtectOurParks #nature

A purple cholla cactus surrounded by yellow wildflowers and desert vegetation, with a cloudy sky backdrop.

Purple & Gold In Effect

📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona (2026)

#photography #nature #ProtectOurParks #cactus #wildflowers #vintagelens
(Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f2.8)

Big Bend Border Wall Remains a Serious Threat to Texas Private and Public Lands "The only thing that will stop us is a dinosaur [discovery]," said a border wall contractor.

“I can tell you from my years of experience as a lifelong resident of the border, that a border barrier out Big Bend is not necessary.” - Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland

#bigbend #protectourparks #protectpubliclands #publiclands #nobigbendwall

A white butterfly with black markings sits on a yellow daisy flower in front of a blurred background of desert plants and cacti.

Butterfly landing pad

📍Saguaro National Park, Arizona (2026)

#photography #nature #wildflowers #ProtectOurParks #vintagelens
(Minolta Celtic 28mm f2.8)

Beck for Denton

Because Denton’s future should be more resilient, more connected, and rooted in the places that bring us together.

🌿 Learn more: beckfordenton.com

#DentonTX #ClearCreek #ProtectOurParks #BeckForMayor

National Park Service database flags hundreds of items that might ‘disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

#trump rewrites history in his own image. With our taxes, he names #monuments and buildings, after himself. Park Service forced to identify &remove items that he deems ‘disparage’ America

#parkchat #protectourparks
#nationalparks #history
#blacksky

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Homeland Security Plans to Build a Border Wall Through Big Bend National Park DHS Secretary Kristi Noem waived 28 environmental and conservation laws to fast-track this project

I know there's a LOT going on, but this is right up there with the worst of the worst.

Sign the petition! (Linked in my latest article below)

#bigbendnationalpark #nationalparks #protectourparks #publiclands #parkchat

Sign the Petition Stop the construction of the wall in Big Bend Ranch State Park & Big Bend National Park

Hello folks. For anyone who cares about animals and the environment, please sign & share this petition to protect Big Bend National Park & Big Bend Ranch State Park in South West Texas.
www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...

#protectourparks
#protectanimals
#protecttheenvironment