Department of the Interior
Department of the Interior
@deptofinterior.bsky.social
The official BlueSky account for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Stewarding Conservation and Powering our Future.
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We are building a stronger, more secure future—one mineral at a time! www.usgs.gov/programs/min...
The National Park Service continues to protect our parks & visitors! 3 individuals who illegally BASE jumped in Yosemite National Park this year have been detained, pleaded guilty & were CONVICTED! Thank you to all law enforcement officers who keep us safe! FAFO! www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/th...
While our national parks face closures and staff furloughs during the shutdown, let's talk about the National Parks Conservation Association @protectparks.bsky.social, the group that claims to be "the voice of America's national parks."
On BlueSky, @protectparks.bsky.social follows accounts like Indivisible, AOC, ALT-NPS, and More Perfect Union. It's worth asking: is this a conservation group or a political advocacy machine?
National parks deserve real support, not just press releases and political posturing. If you care about the parks, unlike @protectparks.bsky.social, let's End the Schumer Shutdown!
While our national parks face closures and staff furloughs during the shutdown, let's talk about the National Parks Conservation Association @protectparks.bsky.social, the group that claims to be "the voice of America's national parks."
If you're donating to @protectparks.bsky.social thinking it's going straight to Yosemite or Yellowstone, you might want to check the receipts.
Oh, and 99.65% of @protectparks.bsky.social employee donations in the 2024 cycle went to Democratic campaigns. Their CEO personally donated to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
While our national parks face closures and staff furloughs during the shutdown, let's talk about the National Parks Conservation Association @protectparks.bsky.social, the group that claims to be "the voice of America's national parks."
@protectparks.bsky.social CEO made $534,246 last year. That's roughly 800 percent higher than the average American's salary. And yet, during a shutdown, we're not seeing much "conservation" from the conservationists.
@protectparks.bsky.social spent $750,000 lobbying Congress in 2024, and nearly $400,000 more in 2025. But how much of that is helping rangers, visitors, or the parks themselves? Are they advocating for reopening the government, doesn't seem like it.
While our national parks face closures and staff furloughs during the shutdown, let's talk about the National Parks Conservation Association @protectparks.bsky.social, the group that claims to be "the voice of America's national parks."
In 2023, @protectparks.bsky.social gave just $591,500 in grants to the National Park Foundation, that's 1.2% of the Foundation's total expenditures. Meanwhile, NPCA spent over $19.9 million on payroll. Priorities? Very clearly, not our national parks.
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Hi Bluesky👋 We are new here. Anyone want to talk about how climate change isn't the biggest threat to our country and that it's actually losing the AI arms race to China? Oh and to @schumer.senate.gov - Stop the madness of trying to give illegals free health care and FUND the government!
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