Published March 3, 2025 02:57PM
The Best Signs from the National Park Service Protests
We rounded up some of the most creative signs from last weekend's protests, including one from a junior park ranger and another from a golden retriever
Demonstrators march with a banner on Mason Street toward Fort Mason with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge at The Presidio in San Francisco on Saturday, March 01, 2025. (Photo by Dan Hernandez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) (Photo: Photo by Dan Hernandez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
It has been more than two weeks since the Trump administration let go of hundreds of National Park Service (NPS) employees, and the exact impact of the cuts have yet to play out—though experts anticipate everything from longer lines to overflowing trashcans to major safety concerns. Last weekend, the Resistance Rangers, a group made up of current and former NPS workers, and other public lands enthusiasts held protests across U.S. parks. On Saturday, March 1, 2025, more than 433 different protests occurred in support of national parks.
Here is a roundup of the most creative signs we saw this weekend:
This is just one batch of the many protests that have come to fruition since the layoffs. Last month, climbers and National Park rangers in Yosemite hung an upside down flag on El Capitan, signaling a sign of distress and sounding the alarm for other cities and parks to do the same.
