Trump administration considering deal to give part of Yosemite to private developer: Report
The plan would give Kingsbarn Realty Capital a road link to its 83-acre property, opening rare access near Yosemite’s ancient sequoia groves.
- Reports reveal the Trump administration has spent over a year exploring a land-exchange deal with real estate firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital regarding Yosemite National Park.
- The proposed arrangement involves ceding a roughly quarter-mile strip of parkland—or granting an access easement—to the developer in exchange for a parcel of equal financial value elsewhere in California.
- The developer seeks to build a private road through the parkland to link an 83-acre property outside Yosemite directly to a primary park thoroughfare, bypassing an existing indirect route.
- The Department of the Interior stated that no final decisions have been made and denied claims of improper political pressure, promising full public and environmental reviews if any formal plan advances.
- Environmental advocacy groups, former National Park Service officials, and California lawmakers strongly criticized the proposal, noting that similar private road requests were repeatedly rejected by federal officials and courts over the past two decades.
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Trump officials seek to transfer Yosemite land to private developer, report says
Officials may be working with a private Nevada-based company to exchange roughly a quarter-mile strip of Yosemite for an undetermined parcel of California private land, the report said.
Trump wants to give part of Yosemite National Park to a private developer
The National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer.
Trump administration considering trading Yosemite land to private developer
The Trump administration is considering trading a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private commercial developer to connect a proposed development on adjacent land to an interior park road, according to administration officials, members of Congress and documents reviewed by The Times.
Under Proposal, US Would Swap Yosemite Plot for Nearby Land
The Trump administration is weighing a land swap that could carve off a slice of Yosemite National Park for a private developer, park advocates say. Under the deal being floated, the federal government would trade a small part of Yosemite for adjacent property owned by Nevada-based Kingsbarn Realty Capital, which...
Trump govt. mulls deal to give away part of Yosemite park
President Donald Trump's administration has been quietly considering a proposal to give away a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park in California to a private developer, a report said Friday.
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