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Senate panel presses Interior secretary over ‘skinny’ FY2026 budget and plan to transfer smaller park sites to states
Summary
The Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee questioned Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the President’s fiscal year 2026 budget blueprint, focusing on proposed cuts to the National Park Service and a departmental idea to transfer some smaller National Park Service sites to state or local management.
The Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee questioned Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the President’s fiscal year 2026 budget blueprint, focusing on proposed cuts to the National Park Service and a departmental idea to transfer some smaller National Park Service sites to state or local management.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chair of the subcommittee, opened the hearing by asking the secretary for regular communication and staff-level briefings and by highlighting Alaska’s economic ties to DOI-managed resources. Murkowski said she was concerned that a "skinny budget" that “proposes to cut 1,200,000,000.0 or 35% from park service" would undercut…
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