National Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects NYT | Top Stories By: Maxine Joselow and Andrea Fuller 28 May 2026 at 01:09 The administration is spending at least $67 million worth of fees paid by visitors to national parks on fixing D.C. fountains and the Reflecting Pool. © Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated PressThe National Park Service is spending millions in fees paid by visitors to parks across the country, like Yosemite National Park in California, to pay for restoration of nine ornamental fountains in Washington, D.C.
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