Boulder artist's stickers designed to cover Trump's image on parks pass
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A pika sticker designed to go on a National Parks pass. Photo: Jenny McCarty
A Boulder artist's nature-inspired stickers meant to cover President Trump's portrait on the 2026 national parks pass have taken off online, tapping into frustration over the federal decision to replace a landscape image with a presidential photo.
Why it matters: The surge of interest reflects a broader debate over how the National Park Service represents public lands — and whether a presidential portrait belongs on a pass many visitors see as a symbol of shared public heritage.
Driving the news: Jenny McCarty, the artist behind Sage Leaf Studios, crafted hand-painted stickers, sized to fit over the image on the new annual pass.
- The three versions feature a bear in Alaska's Denali National Park, a wolf in Wyoming's Grand Tetons National Park, and a pika from Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.
- McCarty is selling the stickers for $6 apiece, with proceeds benefiting the National Park Foundation.
Behind the scenes: McCarty told Axios Boulder the movement started as a joke:
- "I made a post on my socials that I had cute pika stickers to bring the beauty back to the parks pass."
- But when McCarty got a positive response from her friends and social media followers, she ordered roughly 200 more, figuring she'd have plenty of extras for gifts.
Yes, but: "Within 24 hours it was pretty obvious it was bigger than just my original community."
- As of last week, McCarty said she has received about 1,500 orders, with roughly half for multiple stickers:
Between the lines: McCarty said she was disappointed to learn that the contest-winning landscape photo would be replaced by a presidential portrait — and believes the response to her work shows many others feel the same.
- "Even though (the pass) is a little piece of plastic, for many people its one of their most prized possessions that gets them into their favorite places every year," McCarty said.