Join Resistance Rangers In Protest At All National Parks March 1

Climbers fly upside down flag at Joshua Tree National Park

Climbers hung an upside down American flag—the international sign of distress—on Intersection Rock in Joshua Tree National Park this morning. The move is a call to action to join a grassroots protest to save our public lands and protect civil servants. Protests are planned at all 433 National Park sites tomorrow, March 1, 2025.

“We live in, recreate in, and love Joshua Tree National Park,” states one of the climbers who helped hang the flag this morning, and who wishes to remain anonymous. “We felt compelled to express our outrage against the Trump administration’s actions to decimate these protected lands. We stand in solidarity with Park Service employees who dedicate their lives to these places, and have saved me on more than one occasion. Their work is tireless and sincere; we would not have any federal lands the way we do without them. One man, one administration, one billionaire is not enough to get us to back down and abandon everything our Parks represent and protect.”