Public pressure just took down the Trump nominee to run the National Park Service. A huge victory for the outdoor community.

Scott Socha’s company once tried to charge the American public $51 million for the right to use the name Yosemite National Park. Yesterday the White House withdrew his nomination after 75 days of sustained pressure.

A broad coalition of conservation groups, journalists, and public lands defenders called senators, shared the reporting, and refused to let a corporate concessionaire walk through the revolving door into the agency that protects America’s most beloved places.

When we organize, we win.

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