Environmental group sues Trump for replacing national park pass photo with his own image
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Wednesday to prevent President Donald Trump's face from appearing on next year's National Parks Pass The lawsuit filed in U S District Court in Washington D C argues the Trump administration violated the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act by substituting the winning picture from the National Parks Foundation's annual community lands photo contest with an image of President Trump Blotting out the majesty of America s national parks with a closeup of his own face is Trump s crassest preponderance ego-driven action yet Kier n Suckling the center's executive director disclosed in a report The national parks are treasured by Americans of every stripe Their timeless power and magnificence rise above even the the greater part bitter political differences to quietly bring all Americans together Suckling continued It s disgusting of Trump to politicize America s majority of sacred refuge by pasting his face over the national parks in the same way he slaps his corporate name on buildings restaurants and golf courses TOP TRUMP DEPARTMENT ROLLS OUT CHRISTMAS TREE SAVINGS PLAN MAKING THIS SEASON BRIGHTER'The executive director added that national parks are not a personal branding opportunity They re the pride and delight of the American people he asserted According to the lawsuit the America the Beautiful Pass was supposed to feature an image of Glacier National Park the winner of the photo contest Instead the Department of the Interior DOI replaced it with a closeup of President Trump s face the center reported adding that the Glacier National Park photo was illegally relegated to the new Nonresident pass BURGUM CALLS CALIFORNIA A NATIONAL PREVENTION THREAT AS VITALITY CHIEF WARNS BLUE STATES ARE SKEWING COST AVERAGESThe center argued that the Trump administration broke the law by using a photo that was not taken on federal land and was not entered in the society contest and by creating new Resident and Nonresident passes expressly prohibited by the law America the Beautiful means wild rivers and majestic mountains not a headshot of a bloated fragile attention-seeking ego Suckling stated There s nothing beautiful about that On Nov the DOI stated the launch of America the Beautiful passes intended to put American families first by implementing a new resident-focused fee beginning Jan The passes include photos of animals parks Trump with George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt the president the majority associated with the creation of America's national parks The Trump administration also added President Donald Trump's birthday as a fee-free day for Americans visiting national parks while eliminating Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth from the list Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and the Department of the Interior for comment Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this document
