Unprotecting American Lands: How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Bipartisan Conservation Legacy

Photo: Fajada Butte in Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwest New Mexico – August 24, 2017. Photo credit: Bill Peer via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo resized to fit). Article by Sophie Conroy and Sam Zeno. Center for American Progress – June 25, 2026.

America has a deep, bipartisan track record of conserving its lands, waters, and wildlife. From President Theodore Roosevelt’s establishment of national parks and monuments to congressional legislation such as the Wilderness Act and Endangered Species Act (ESA), the United States has set itself apart as a global conservation leader. Yet as the country marks its 250th anniversary, this legacy is being dismantled and erased. Despite attempts by his own administration to compare him to “Conservation President” Roosevelt, President Donald Trump has proved to be the most anti-nature president in the country’s history. […]

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