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Advocacy Group Erecting 300 Billboards Across Country In Support Of National Parks

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May 4, 2025

Three-hundred billboards lamenting the plight of national parks under the Trump administration are to be erected across the country on Monday.

More Perfect Union, a nonprofit advocacy group, is having the billboards placed in cities from Arizona to North Carolina. The campaign is to demonstrate to the public how the Department on Government Efficiency is doing more harm than good in its cost-cutting, according to the campaign.

"The National Park Service consistently ranks as the most popular federal agency by the American public, facilitating outdoor recreation and generating tens of billions of dollars for local and regional economies each year. Yet despite their popularity and importance, [businessman Elon] Musk and DOGE have seen fit to abruptly terminate more than 1,000 workers and rescind job offers for another 2,000 seasonal workers, right as parks gear up for the busy spring and summer seasons," the group said in an advance statement. "These cuts are already leading to reduced services, including campsite, trail, and visitor center closures, less frequent trash pickup, and cuts to maintenance procedures necessary for public safety. Protests have erupted at every one of the 433 national park sites across the US.

"We want to start a conversation about the role of government today in the United States, and the role of government we want. Some billionaires and elected officials would rather we privatize or eliminate our public services, but we strongly believe in the need for great public parks that all Americans can enjoy."

The billboards are to be placed in the following cities:

Albuquerque, NM
Atlanta, GA
Augusta, GA
Martinez, GA
Jacksonville, FL
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Orlando, FL
Tampa Bay, FL
Cincinnati, OH
Dayton, OH
Marion County, OH
Cleveland, OH
Erie Metro, PA
Allentown, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
Washington, PA
Hampton, VA
Chesapeake, VA
Newport, VA
Portsmouth, VA
Richmond, VA
Petersburg, VA
Detroit, MI
Flint Lansing, MI
Grand Rapids, MI
Milwaukee, WI
Madison, WI
Green Bay, WI
Duluth, MN
Hermantown, MN
Des Moines, IA
Cedar Rapids, IA
Las Vegas, NV
Reno, NV
Phoenix, AZ
Tucson, AZ
Mecklenburg, NC
Guilford, NC
Wake, NC
Cumberland, NC
Franklin, NC
Denver, CO

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