Overview
- An internal email from business specialists Allison Christofis and Jeff Beauchamp outlined the revised guidance to National Park Service staff.
- The policy states that adding stickers or other coverings counts as altering a pass because it can obscure required security features.
- Gate staff are instructed to use judgment, request sticker removal, or charge for a day pass or a replacement if features are not clearly visible.
- Spokesperson Elizabeth Peace characterized the change as a clarification prompted by questions from employees and visitors.
- Artists have begun selling stickers to cover the Trump image as a form of protest, and a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit challenging the design remains pending with DOJ set to defend the government.