Rock Creek Tennis Center leasing process flawed from the start; Trump administration prioritizes private interest over public access and protection of public land, waters and wildlife.NPCAToday, the National Parks Conservation Association highlights records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that reveal Trump administration officials ignored Park Service objections to a flawed leasing process for the Rock Creek Tennis Center. Expert Park Service staff, that have spent their career protecting parks in and around the capital city region, warned Trump leadership that the potential lease conflicted with legal requirements, would harm threatened and endangered species, and restrict community access. All were seemingly ignored.“These documents once again show how the Trump administration continues to bulldoze through Washington D.C.’s national parks. They are handing public lands to private interests and ignoring the laws designed to protect national parks that belong to all Americans.
Rules don't apply to Trump!
Of particular concern to some PATC members is the paving over of the picnic area for parking on the south side of the tract and the building out of the playground space on the west side. This will create more impermeable surfaces that have the potential to increase water runoff down to Rock Creek and negatively affect adjacent forest habitat and the Valley Trail down the hill from the tennis center.
With Trump you have to ask, what's in it for him?
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