Interior budget proposal could shutter 80% of national parks

Interior budget proposal could shutter 80% of national parks

On Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum appeared before congressional committees to address lawmakers’ budgetary concerns. In sessions before the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees, Burgum discussed cuts to bureaus under his purview — including the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. Burgum h…