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# Ads across D.C. spotlight effects of national park cuts
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/ads-across-d-c-spotlight-effects-of-national-park-cuts/
- Published: 2025-11-11T16:36:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-11T22:49:43.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Advertising, #wp-top-right-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:55

A series of ads in bus shelters across the nation’s capital is drawing attention to the effects of funding and staffing cuts on national parks nationwide.

The campaign, launched by the [**Association of National Park Rangers**](https://www.anpr.org/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), specifically calls out Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for his role in the reductions.

The posters — styled after vintage national park artwork — will appear through mid-December at locations including Union Station, Capitol Hill, the National Mall, the Department of the Interior and near the White House. Each highlights the impact of reduced resources on the National Park Service, including increased wildfire risk, slower search and rescue times, poor pest management, and limited oversight of illegal activity.

“Secretary Burgum’s ongoing cuts to the National Park Service are a recipe for disaster,” said Bill Wade, executive director of the Association of National Park Rangers. “Our national parks are the pride and joy of America — why would the administration threaten what the American public loves so much by cutting National Park Service funding and staffing?”

One ad for Zion National Park shows a hand reaching for help while another clings to a cliff, with the caption, “Injured or Lost? You May Have to Save Yourself!” It’s intended to illustrate how budget cuts have affected search and rescue operations. The park’s rescue team is about 10% smaller than it was a year ago, according to the group.

Another ad for Grand Canyon National Park features a rabid squirrel and the message, “Pest Management: Cut By Sec. Doug Burgum.” The group says staff reductions have hindered monitoring for zoonotic diseases such as rabies and plague.

Other ads depict a burning tree at Joshua Tree National Park and overflowing trash cans and BASE jumpers at Yosemite National Park.

“These ads highlight just how enormous the impacts of Burgum’s cuts are on national parks across the country,” Wade said. “Visitors are at risk without proper supervision and care, critical information is being censored, and park ecosystems and historic resources are being destroyed.”

Wade said the association hopes the campaign will encourage Americans to contact their elected officials to demand more funding for the National Park Service.