In this week’s episode, we cover the details of the budget reconciliation package, the agencies and communities affected, and what you can do to help stop these devastating moves before Memorial Day.
📢 Outdoor Alliance Action Alert: https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/5/6/public-lands-and-waters-deserve-better-than-reconciliation-package
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What's Covered:
National Park Service Staff Consolidation: Over 1,600 NPS employees moved under Department of the Interior (DOI) control, stripping the Park Service of independent communications, ranger training, and operations oversight.
Midnight Amendment for Public Land Sales: The House Natural Resources Committee fast-tracked an amendment authorizing the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres in Nevada and Utah for tax breaks with no public comment or media notice.
Extractive Industries’ Wish List: How the reconciliation bill mandates offshore drilling, mining near the Boundary Waters, timber contracts, and NEPA loopholes to bypass environmental reviews.
Park Grants Targeted for Elimination: New York Times report details how the administration plans to cut $26 million in climate, Indigenous cultural, and DEI-focused public land programs.
Department of the Interior’s Budget Cuts: A proposed $5.1 billion (30.5%) cut and reorganization granting sweeping powers to DOGE allies.
Who Signed Off on the Sale?
Bruce Westerman — Arkansas, 4th District (Chairman)
Rob Wittman — Virginia, 1st District (Vice Chairman)
Tom McClintock — California, 5th District
Paul Gosar — Arizona, 9th District
Amata Coleman Radewagen — American Samoa, At-large
Doug LaMalfa — California, 1st District
Daniel Webster — Florida, 11th District
Russ Fulcher — Idaho, 1st District
Pete Stauber — Minnesota, 8th District
Tom Tiffany — Wisconsin, 7th District
Lauren Boebert — Colorado, 4th District
Cliff Bentz — Oregon, 2nd District
Jen Kiggans — Virginia, 2nd District
Wesley Hunt — Texas, 38th District
Mike Collins — Georgia, 10th District
Harriet Hageman — Wyoming, At-large
Mark Amodei — Nevada, 2nd District
Tim Walberg — Michigan, 5th District
Mike Ezell — Mississippi, 4th District
Celeste Maloy — Utah, 2nd District
Addison McDowell — North Carolina, 6th District
Jeff Crank — Colorado, 5th District
Nick Begich — Alaska, At-large
Mike Kennedy — Utah, 3rd District
Adam Gray — California, 13th District
Episode Sources:
Resistance Rangers Press Release - https://www.resistancerangers.org/press/hundreds-of-rangers-consolidated-to-doi-nps-communications-now-under-doge-oversight
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