SOS Removal Tracker

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1	This SOS Removal Tracker collects information about NPS signs that have been removed or modified. This spreadsheet is publicly viewable and can be accessed at: z.umn.edu/removedNPSsigns
2	Information in this spreadsheet is compiled from public news reports. The Save Our Signs collaborative photo project does not verify sign removals ourselves. Additional info about Save Our Signs is available at sites.google.com/umn.edu/save-our-signs.
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4	Name of NPS site	Name of subsite (if applicable)	State/Location	Date reported	What was removed or modified	Confirmed to have been removed by news reports?	Where was it reported/confirmed?	Do we have a "before" photo in the SOS collection?	"Before" photo	Do we have an "after" photo in the SOS collection?	"After" photo

5	Muir Woods National Monument		California	2025/07/23	"Saving Muir Woods" sign had a timeline with added details and a "History Under Construction" sign removed. The former version of the "Saving Muir Woods" sign remains. See NPS website "History Under Construction" for an explanation of the added details on the sign's timeline.	yes	https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes	yes, from March 2025		yes, from Sept. 2025
6	Acadia National Park		Maine	2025/09/20	2025-09-20: WP aticle reported removed signs that make reference to climate change. "Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) said that signs removed from Acadia — which sits on an island famous for Cadillac Mountain, where the rising sun first hits the United States each day — referenced climate change’s role in extreme weather that has caused millions of dollars in damage to the park. Those impacts include sea-level rise, storm surge and extreme rains, she said. Signage suggesting visitors take a shuttle bus to minimize their carbon footprint was also taken down, according to Pingree." 2025-09-29 update: MainePublic.org reports 10 signs at Acadia have been removed, "six on the summit of Cadillac Mountain, and four in the Great Meadow. The informational blurbs had asked hikers to help protect the fragile ecosystem by staying on trails and not picking berries, detailed how rising seas and intense storms due to climate change impact the park, and encouraged visitors to help avoid emissions by using the park's Island Explorer bus. Others explained the cultural and spiritual significance of Cadillac Mountain for the Wabanaki people." (https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025-09-25/acadia-national-park-removes-educational-signs-about-climate-change-indigenous-history) 2015-10-09: National Parks Traveler reported "One of the removed signs reads, “The rapidly changing climate requires new approaches to restoration.” Another reads, in capital letters, “Is there refuge from a changing climate?” Yet another sign explains how climate change is increasing both temperatures and rainfall."	yes	https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/national-parks-climate-change-slavery-purge/	We have at least some photos of these missing signs. See our current collection of Acadia signs; please email saveoursigns@pm.me with details if you know exactly which signs are the ones that were removed. Two confirmed signs have been photographed and submitted to SOS: Is there refuge from a changing climate? Acadia is changing, so are we		no
7	Gateway National Recreation Area	Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	New York City, NY	2025/09/20	"a display at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City was taken down for making reference to historical events like slavery, Japanese internment camps and conflicts with Native Americans in describing the park system, according to two people familiar with the matter and photos reviewed by The Post. “Some very new parks preserve not just lands or buildings but our nation’s ideas and ideals. They remind us of things we hope to live up to — like women’s rights and liberty — and things we hope never to repeat — like slavery, massacres of Indians, or holding Japanese Americans in wartime camps,” the display said, prior to its removal."	yes	https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/national-parks-climate-change-slavery-purge/	yes (will be published in the SOS Archive in photo Round 2)		yes (will be published in the SOS Archive in photo Round 2)
8	?	?	?	2025/09/20	WP article states: "A sign has also been removed from at least one additional park that referred to slavery, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and conflicts with Native Americans." Unclear if this is different from the other sites already mentioned in this WP article?	yes	https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/national-parks-climate-change-slavery-purge/	not enough info yet
9	Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park		South Carolina	2026/01/18	Three signs at water bottle refill stations promoting plastic waste reduction	yes	https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/climate/park-service-erases-climate-facts-at-fort-sumter-where-the-civil-war-began.html	yes (submitted to SOS in Jan. 2026, will be published in the SOS Archive in photo Round 2)		yes (submitted to SOS in Jan. 2026, will be published in the SOS Archive in photo Round 2)
10	Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park		South Carolina	2026/1/19	One climate-change wayside panel out at Fort Sumter describing island construction and sea-level rise risks	yes	https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/climate/park-service-erases-climate-facts-at-fort-sumter-where-the-civil-war-began.html	yes (submitted to SOS in Jan. 2026, will be published in the SOS Archive in photo Round 2)		yes (submitted to SOS in Jan. 2026, will be published in the SOS Archive in photo Round 2)
11	Independence National Historical Park	President's House	Pennsylvania	2026/1/22	2026-01-22 Philadelphia Inquirer article: Many interpretive panels relating to the history of slavery in early America, especially slaves who lived in the President's house and George Washington's views on slavery. 2026-01-23 New York Times article details a lawsuit: "The lawsuit argues that the removals violated a 2006 agreement between Philadelphia and the Park Service. The agreement stipulated that the site, which opened in 2010, would “commemorate the enslaved Africans who resided in the Washington household,” and that the city could approve or reject any changes to the displays, according to the complaint." 2026-02-03: CBS News article: reports that 34 panels were removed: "According to Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, the court inspected the 34 panels. They haven't been destroyed, but certain panels "exhibited damage." Rufe also issued an order preventing any further removals or changes to the President's House until further notice."	yes	https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/inq2/independence-park-trump-signage-remove-presidential-house-20260122.html?id=qvRb7lvc0FdoA&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral	Yes	Our Independence photos are located at: https://sos-sandbox.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sos-public-viewer/viewer.html?site=INDE	No
12	Muir Woods National Monument		California	2026/01/23	"At Muir Woods National Monument in California, the administration dismantled a plaque about how the tallest trees on the planet could help store carbon dioxide and slow the Earth’s dangerous warming." ... "At Muir Woods National Monument in California, visitors might notice a conspicuously blank plaque in the middle of a circular boardwalk. The plaque used to explain the science of climate change, noting that the burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and that redwoods can store these planet-warming gases. Mr. Trump has called global warming a “hoax” and has pushed for increasing the nation’s production of oil, gas and coal."	yes	https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/climate/national-park-service-deleting-american-history-slavery.html	yes, in SOS archive at https://sos-sandbox.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images/R_3iRo7mzAq8DEH7h_IMG_0417.jpg		no
13	Grand Canyon National Park	visitor center	Arizona	2026/1/27	2026-01-27: Washington Post: "Staff at a Grand Canyon visitor center in Arizona removed part of an exhibit after flagging potentially problematic passages to the national park system’s leadership in D.C., according to documentation reviewed by The Post. The passages included text stating that settlers “exploited land for mining and grazing” and that federal officials “pushed tribes off their land” to establish the park. The park also removed references to cattle ranchers “carelessly overgrazing” the land, tourists “foolishly” leaving trash in the park, and entrepreneurs who “profited excessively” from tourism."	yes	https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/27/national-parks-signs-censorship/	no		no
14	Grand Teton National Park	Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center	Wyoming	2026/01/27	Mentioned in 2026-01-27 Washington Post article: "Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming was ordered to remove or change a panel about Gustavus Cheyney Doane that said he participated in the U.S. Army massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Native Americans, including women, children and the elderly." Confirmed removed in 2026-01-28 Jackson Hole News & Guide article: "Grand Teton National Park has removed a sign in the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center which included details of how an explorer depicted in the center participated in — and bragged about — a massacre of Native Americans. Sometime between September 2023 and July 2024, according to old photos, the park added new language to the pedestal underneath a sculpture of Gustavus Cheyney Doane informing readers that Doane participated in the Marias Massacre, in which the U.S. Army killed over 170 Piegan Blackfeet, predominantly women, children and elders, along the banks of the Marias River in Montana. On Tuesday morning, that sign was gone."	yes	https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/after-trump-order-teton-park-removes-sign-about-explorer-who-massacred-native-americans/article_f92471a3-c937-46ec-b549-280a6cc8d3f3.html	no
15	Glacier National Park		Montana	2026/01/28	2026-01-28 Outside article: "Officials also removed descriptions of how climate change is contributing to glacial loss in Glacier National Park, Montana." 2026-02-04 Hungry Horse News article: "According to former Superintendent Jeff Mow as well as another source who was described the list for Glacier, that includes displays on climate change, wolves, the Sherburne Dam in Many Glacier and the Park’s Headwaters Podcast, which is featured on Glacier’s home web page."	yes	https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/nps-removes-historical-signs/	not sure yet, need more info about the sign
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