# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSGkBP9DCjB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37794412-centerforbiodiv-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-11T00:10:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

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We filed a lawsuit today to prevent President Donald Trump from replacing a beautiful picture of Glacier National Park with a closeup of his own face on the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass.

“Blotting out the majesty of America’s national parks with a closeup of his own face is Trump’s crassest, most ego-driven action yet,” said Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center. “The national parks are treasured by Americans of every stripe. Their timeless power and magnificence rise above even the most bitter political differences to quietly bring all Americans together. It’s disgusting of Trump to politicize America’s most sacred refuge by pasting his face over the national parks in the same way he slaps his corporate name on buildings, restaurants, and golf courses. The national parks are not a personal branding opportunity. They’re the pride and joy of the American people.

Federal law requires the main America the Beautiful Pass to feature the winning photo of the National Parks Foundation’s annual public lands photo contest. For the 2026 pass, this is a gorgeous image of Montana’s Glacier National Park.

Instead the Department of the Interior replaced it with a closeup of President Trump’s face (pictured below).

Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., asserts that the Trump administration violated the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004 by refusing to use the contest-winning Glacier National Park photo on the main America the Beautiful Annual Pass, by substituting a photo of Trump that was not taken on federal land and was not entered in the public contest, and by creating new Resident and Nonresident passes expressly prohibited by the law.

Read the rest of the story in our press release by going to the link in our bio and selecting this post 🌲🌳 

[Image description: The background shows Glacier National Park: green trees, dramatic mountains, and a river cutting through the center. In the foreground is a picture of a National Park Pass with Trump's portrait next to George Washington's on it.

#AmericaTheBeautiful #NationalParks #GlacierNationalPark #NationalParkPass

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glaciernationalpark, nationalparkpass, nationalparks, americathebeautiful

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