Rollback of Single-Use Plastics Bans in National Parks and the Push to Rewrite American History - Public Lands News (May 26 - 30)

Rollback of Single-Use Plastics Bans in National Parks and the Push to Rewrite American History - Public Lands News (May 26 - 30)

This week, we break down the biggest public lands headlines you might have missed.

We’cover:

  • How public pressure killed a plan to sell off over 500,000 acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah

  • Why the House bill still poses serious threats to national parks, the Arctic Refuge, and Boundary Waters

  • How Trump’s administration is gutting environmental protections while ramping up reckless oil, gas, and mining leases

  • The administration’s push to rewrite American history at national parks and historic sites

  • A quiet but damaging rollback of single-use plastics bans in our national parks

  • Ongoing legal challenges and grassroots victories proving that public action still makes a difference

👉 Call your senators before July 4th and demand they oppose public land sell-offs and environmental rollbacks in the Senate’s version of the budget bill.

👉 Follow us on Instagram (@outdoor.minimalist.book) for quick news breakdowns and action alerts.

Have tips, testimonials, or insights on public land changes? Submit them through our Google Form (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/JwC73G8wLvU6kedc9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Episode Resources:

https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/5/22/land-sell-offs-removed-from-spending-bill-but-its-still-bad

https://www.npca.org/articles/8891-house-advances-budget-bill-reducing-national-park-service-staff-amid-peak

https://www.conservationlands.org/republicans_strip_sell_off_provisions_but_public_lands_still_on_the_chopping_block

https://protectourwinters.org/most-dangerous-climate-rollback/

https://westernpriorities.org/2025/05/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-is-still-ugly-for-public-lands/

https://www.wilderness.org/articles/press-release/house-passes-big-giveaway-budget-bill-drilling-and-mining-interests-reap-huge-rewards

https://westernpriorities.org/2025/05/new-dashboard-tracks-federal-oil-and-gas-leasing-under-trump/

https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/map-wildlife-habitat-migration-routes-under-threat

https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3431-restoring-truth-and-sanity-american-history

https://westernpriorities.org/2025/05/interior-secretary-orders-national-parks-to-ask-visitors-to-report-negative-depictions-of-u-s-history/

https://www.npca.org/articles/8957-trump-administration-reverses-course-brings-plastics-back-to-litter

https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3430-rescission-secretarys-order-so-3407-department-wide

https://www.nrdc.org/court-battles/how-nrdc-fighting-against-trump-administration

https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/lawsuit-challenges-trump-order-opening-pacific-monument-to-commercial-fishing

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-plan-to-accelerate-national-forest-logging-spurs-lawsuit-2025-05-16/?_gl=1*kqdrt9*_gcl_au*MjE0NDkzODUwNy4xNzQ4NTM5NjEw


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/climate/youth-climate-lawsuit-trump-executive-orders.html

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