Independent, UK - The Trump administration wants states to take over the management of America’s national parks – something never before proposed by a U.S. president.
In its budget request for the fiscal year 2026, which is also proposing billions in crippling cuts to space, health, education, and other areas, the White House argued that the The National Park Service’s responsibilities “include a large number of sites that are not ‘national parks,’ in the traditionally understood sense, many of which receive small numbers of mostly local visitors, and are better categorized and managed as state-level parks.”
“The budget would continue supporting many national treasures, but there is an urgent need to streamline staffing and transfer certain properties to state-level management to ensure the long-term health and sustainment of the national park system,” the request said, also pointing out that many grants are already supported by state, local, and private efforts.
There are more than 430 national parks that span across 85 million acres, including every U.S. state and territory.
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