National Parks Are in Chaos. Trump Is Making It Worse

With its ancient sequoias, towering waterfalls and glacier-carved granite cliffs, California’s Yosemite National Park has long been one of the most visited destinations in the national park system, helping to inspire its very creation. The vistas, which span more than 1,100 square miles along the Sierra Nevada mountain range, are inspiring to say the least. Yet the stories out of Yosemite this year — particularly this month, the official start of the busy season for national parks — are anything