Trump nominates hospitality executive to lead National Park Service
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Trump nominates hospitality executive to lead National Park Service
Scott Socha, whose company sued to claim trademark rights to Yosemite name, criticized by conservation groups
"...“The private park concessionaire executive [Scott] Socha has zero experience in public service or conservation,” Jayson O’Neill, spokesperson for Save our Parks, wrote in a statement. “Instead, he’s made a career out of extracting maximum profit from our national parks, not protecting them, making it abundantly clear he’ll be doing the bidding of special interests and corporate interests.”
Delaware North is well-known in conservationist circles for a trademark lawsuit involving Yosemite national park. After the company lost a $2bn bid to renew its contract to operate Yosemite’s hotels and restaurants to competitor Aramark in 2016, Delaware North sued, arguing that the company held intellectual property rights to various names used at the park worth more than $50m – including the terms “Yosemite National Park”, “Ahwahnee Hotel” and “Curry Village”...."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-nominates-scott-socha-national-park-service
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Trump nominates hospitality executive to lead National Park Service
Scott Socha, whose company sued to claim trademark rights to Yosemite name, criticized by conservation groups
"...“The private park concessionaire executive [Scott] Socha has zero experience in public service or conservation,” Jayson O’Neill, spokesperson for Save our Parks, wrote in a statement. “Instead, he’s made a career out of extracting maximum profit from our national parks, not protecting them, making it abundantly clear he’ll be doing the bidding of special interests and corporate interests.”
Delaware North is well-known in conservationist circles for a trademark lawsuit involving Yosemite national park. After the company lost a $2bn bid to renew its contract to operate Yosemite’s hotels and restaurants to competitor Aramark in 2016, Delaware North sued, arguing that the company held intellectual property rights to various names used at the park worth more than $50m – including the terms “Yosemite National Park”, “Ahwahnee Hotel” and “Curry Village”...."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-nominates-scott-socha-national-park-service
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