How Is This Better?

Will I Ever Get to Yosemite?


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On February 14th, 2025 Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) sent a letter to 1000 probationary National Parks staff – firing them – only to reinstate them weeks later. Pretty INefficient…  

But that wasn’t just a distraction. It wasn’t just a fumble. It was the opening salvo for a plan, laid out in Project 2025, to dismantle protections for National Parks. 

It’s all got Akilah Hughes wondering – if she wants to cross going to Yosemite off her bucket list…is it now or never?

Guests:

  • Kristen Brengel, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Parks Conservation Association 
  • Steven Beissinger, Professor of Conservation Biology and A. Starker Leopold Professor of Wildlife Ecology, UC Berkeley
  • Adam Auerbach, conservation non-profit leader, former RMNP Ranger

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    CHAPTERS:

    00:00 - INTRO

    01:47 - PROJECT 2025/TRUMP ADMIN PLAN

    02:12 - BACKGROUND ON THE US NATIONAL PARKS

    03:32 - PROJECT 2025/TRUMP ADMIN PLAN

    04:22 - PARK RANGERS

    09:03 - PRIVATIZATION AGENDA

    10:33 - WILL I GET TO SEE YOSEMITE?

    11:00 - CLIMATE CHANGE

    15:43 - UNDERSTANDING THE NETWORK OF AGENCIES (NOT JUST PARKS)

    18:39 - FINAL THOUGHTS


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