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PBS News Hour

How national park funding cuts may harm local communities

Season 2025 Episode 208 | 7m 31s

From the towering peaks of Yosemite to the vast canyons of Zion, America’s national parks have long been considered national treasures. But federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration are leaving a mark on these iconic landscapes and the communities that surround them. Ali Rogin reports from New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia.

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