A poll from the National Parks Conservation Association found that a strong bipartisan majority of Americans oppose recent and proposed cuts to national parks. Sixty-nine percent of respondents oppose President Trump’s proposed $1 billion cut to the National Park Service’s budget, which could force the closure of at least 350 national parks sites across the country.
The survey used a representative national sample of 3,000 adults (18 years and older) and was conducted from October 27 to November 2, 2025, by YouGov.
The results of the survey showed that 62 percent of Americans oppose the administration’s plan to cut more National Park Service staff. Already this year, the Park Service has lost more than 25 percent of its permanent staff, and a nine-month-long hiring freeze has prevented key positions from being refilled.
“This poll reaffirms that Americans are united in their support for our national parks,” said Theresa Pierno, president and CEO for the NPCA, in response to the findings. “Protecting our national parks is a bipartisan issue. Across party lines, Americans reject the senseless cuts to budgets and park staff that have left national parks teetering on the brink.”
More than three in four Americans agree that national parks should not remove photos, signs or other materials that tell factual aspects of America’s history. This refutes the administration’s push to censor educational and historical materials from public access under the executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”
The poll also found that nearly 60 percent of Americans oppose opening lands in or adjacent to national parks for mining and drilling. Recently, the administration has opened coal leasing near national parks in Utah and advanced plans for a mining road that would pass through part of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
“For months, NPCA has urged Secretary Burgum to do right by our national parks,” said Pierno. “We hope this poll is a wake-up call for him, showing how deeply unpopular his cuts have been. Nobody asked for reckless cuts to park staffing or the gutting of our shared heritage. Nobody wants this.”
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