— What the public said —

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comments submitted to the National Park Service in response to Executive Order 14253.

From 475 parks across the country  ·  June 4, 2025 – January 14, 2026  ·  Released by NPS in early 2026

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What the Park Service asked. What 35,700 Americans actually said.

The National Park Service posted QR-code signs at parks asking visitors to flag content that "inappropriately disparages Americans." Here is how visitors used the form.

What NPS asked about

The four feedback categories on the form

Signs or other information25%
Something else25%
Services that need improvement25%
Areas that need repair25%

Equal weight, in theory — four categories, four buckets to sort the response into.

What people actually chose

Where the 35,700 comments went

Something else47.9%
Signs or other information44.0%
Services that need improvement5.0%
Areas that need repair3.0%

The two categories that capture commentary on the executive order itself — "Something else" and "Signs or other information" — drew 91.9% of responses.

The bottom line

Only 8.1% of responses concerned actual park services or repairs. The other 91.9% used the feedback form as a referendum on the executive order itself.

A few of the voices · continues scrolling

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Every red badge is a park where 200 or more people submitted comments. Amber is 50–199. Blue is 1–49. Click any badge to read the top quotes for that park.

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