Trump is laying the groundwork to privatize America’s national parks | Jonathan B Jarvis and Gary Machlis

Jonathan B Jarvis says the Trump administration has turned its back on his role model’s wisdom.

Last year there were over 330 million visits to the parks, more than professional baseball, football, basketball and Disney amusement parks combined.

The first to be privatized will be what they see as “cash cows” parks with high visitation and profit potential.

Gary Machlis served as science adviser to the NPS director from 2009 to 2017 . They are co-authors of The Future of Conservation in America : A Chart for Rough Water, published in 2018 ..