Originally posted June 11, 2026
With the stroke of his pen, or a few taps on his keyboard, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin emasculated the National Park Service.
By waiving a long list of environmental laws and regulations so some sort of border barrier could be built through Big Bend National Park, Mullin demonstrated how easily the Park Service can be made frivolous, and there was no outcry by Jessica Bowron, the acting director of the agency, nor the Republican majority in Congress. They’re all along for the ride.
Since 1916, the Park Service’s prime mandate under the National Park Service Organic Act has been to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein … in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”
Read the full story at National Parks Traveler.
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