diff --git a/app/services/seed/parks.rb b/app/services/seed/parks.rb
index 6886464..d102180 100644
--- a/app/services/seed/parks.rb
+++ b/app/services/seed/parks.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Seed::Parks
       parks = response_body['data']
         .pluck('parkCode', 'name', 'states', 'activities', 'operatingHours')
         .map do |code, name, states, activities, operating_hours|
-          { code:, name:, states: , properties: { activities:, operating_hours: } }
+          { code:, name:, properties: { activities:, operating_hours: } }
         end
       Park.upsert_all(parks, unique_by: :code)
       Rails.logger.info("Upserted #{parks.count} national parks")
diff --git a/db/migrate/20251008151039_drop_park_states.rb b/db/migrate/20251008151039_drop_park_states.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd1f4b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20251008151039_drop_park_states.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class DropParkStates < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    remove_column :parks, :states, :text
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 02b27b9..6af55f8 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_10_08_150542) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_10_08_151039) do
   create_table "alerts", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "category", null: false
     t.text "description"
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_10_08_150542) do
   create_table "parks", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "code", null: false
     t.string "name", null: false
-    t.text "states", null: false
     t.json "properties", default: {}, null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/parks.yml b/spec/fixtures/parks.yml
index 9d93279..e6eef30 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/parks.yml
+++ b/spec/fixtures/parks.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 one:
   code: crla
   name: Crater Lake National Park
-  states: OR
   properties: {}
 
 two:
   code: olym
   name: Olympic National Park
-  states: WA
   properties: {}
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/parks_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/parks_spec.rb
index 5787004..9795a91 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/parks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/parks_spec.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ RSpec.describe "Api::V1::Parks", type: :request do
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
       expect(response.parsed_body["parks"]).to include(
         hash_including(
-          code: "crla", name: "Crater Lake National Park", states: "OR"
+          code: "crla", name: "Crater Lake National Park"
         )
       )
       expect(response.parsed_body["parks"]).to include(
         hash_including(
-          code: "olym", name: "Olympic National Park", states: "WA"
+          code: "olym", name: "Olympic National Park"
         )
       )
     end
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RSpec.describe "Api::V1::Parks", type: :request do
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
       expect(response.parsed_body).to match(
         hash_including(
-          code: "crla", name: "Crater Lake National Park", states: "OR"
+          code: "crla", name: "Crater Lake National Park"
         )
       )
     end