Overview
- The Center for Biological Diversity filed a 16-page complaint in D.C. federal court on Dec. 10 seeking removal of President Trump’s image and a declaration that the agencies violated the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
- The Interior Department’s 2026 artwork places Trump alongside George Washington on the resident pass, while the contest-winning Glacier National Park photo was reassigned to a new nonresident pass.
- The lawsuit contends Interior and Agriculture bypassed the statute’s public-participation process, which calls for the annual image to come from a public photography contest.
- Officials at Interior and Agriculture did not immediately comment, and the redesigned passes are scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.
- The redesign accompanies policy changes that create a $250 nonresident pass, retain the $80 resident pass, and revise fee-free days by adding June 14 and removing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth.