Quote:The reason for the decision appears linked to a March 2025 federal directive under the Trump administration aimed at reshaping how American history and commentary are presented on federal lands. That directive instructs agencies to remove or revise “negative” content about Americans, and to emphasize the “beauty, grandeur, and abundance” of landscapes and features, potentially displacing works that critically examine environmental degradation or corporate interests. Kaufmann’s book, which examines California’s water crisis and critiques the unlimited‐growth paradigm in a finite ecosystem, seems to have triggered this flagging.
U.S.A. Government Effectively Bans Book About Water from Yosemite
https://archive.ph/UIEy8
Quote:The reason for the decision appears linked to a March 2025 federal directive under the Trump administration aimed at reshaping how American history and commentary are presented on federal lands. That directive instructs agencies to remove or revise “negative” content about Americans, and to emphasize the “beauty, grandeur, and abundance” of landscapes and features, potentially displacing works that critically examine environmental degradation or corporate interests. Kaufmann’s book, which examines California’s water crisis and critiques the unlimited‐growth paradigm in a finite ecosystem, seems to have triggered this flagging.