It’s national park week, and I am too exhausted by news about the actual national parks -

So we’re just gonna disassociate a bit with some tiny paintings of national parks, instead - k?

First up: Yellowstone Falls

“Roaring waterfall
canyon cast in golden light
fiercely sets the sun”

(Sold)

New National park painting in progress - hazard a guess as to which park?

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the EPA’s scientific research arm and lay off more than 1,000 chemists, biologists, and other scientists.

The dismantling has begun. Trump just issued an executive order, rescinding Chuckwalla and Sátttítla Highlands National Monuments, together protecting ~1m acres in CA.

This is just the beginning.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to change, it’s not.”

Speak up!

Available now! Our public lands are under threat, and they need our help.

A retro park sign to share your love of our public lands, and as a direct support:

50% of hat proceeds donated to the National Park Conservation Association.

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Clouds parted just in time for maximum totality at 1:58 a.m. here. The total lunar eclipse as viewed from my front door:

How much land is 280 million acres?

It’s 1 1/2 times the size of Texas, or nearly half the size of Alaska.

The forest service manages 193 million acres. BLM covers 245 million acres.

So 280 million acres is 64% of all the land managed by USFS and BLM. This would be nothing short of devastating.

Happy 153rd birthday to Yellowstone National Park -the world’s first ever national park, established for us to enjoy forever (not to exploit and destroy).

(You can buy this wooden sticker on my website, but right now, I’d rather you go support your public lands, and protest!)

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

Preview: “Small Collection” of small National Park paintings - coming 2/27!

There will be 6 paintings, all small enough to fit in your hand, imaginations on beloved National Parks.

Want first pick? Join my Outsiders (email subscribers) to get access 1 hour early:

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“Angry Bear.” Part 1/3, representing the outrage I feel about the unjust firing of over 5,000 public lands stewards in the National Parks Service, Forest Service, & BLM.

The most important thing to do is to contact your representatives via @outdooralliance’s website.

Make noise.

Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

A tiny offering of Delicate Arch, icon of Arches National Park. One of my favorite places on earth.

More to come!

This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

A new bill, the Public Lands in Public Hands Act, will help protect America’s public lands by requiring congressional approval for large-scale transfers or disposal of public lands and waters.

Learn more and support it by writing your lawmakers about it: action.outdooralliance.org/a/keep-it-pu...

Our public lands need you!

1% of your Dear Summit order is donated to The National Park Foundation - preserving America’s National Parks.

Even more urgent: go to @outdooralliance web to ask your rep to support Public Lands in Public Hands Act, requiring congress’ approval of public land sales.

↟ Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument ↟ New Mexico truly is the Land of Enchantment!

I’ll never forget driving past these mountains for the first time, on our way home from White Sands NP a few years ago. It’s stunning, how these jagged peaks rise up out of the desert near Las Cruces.

↟ 2025 National Parks Calendar - available as a print or embellished with hand painted gouache color ↟

Maybe it’s a little late to be releasing a calendar for 2025, but maybe you’re also like me, and you never got around to buying one for this year? 😅

Available now: DearSummit.com