The controversial Waters of the United States rule promulgated by the Obama Administration that redefined “navigable” waters under the Clean Water Act to include virtually every...
EPA to Rewrite WOTUS, Again
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Challenges to Trump NEPA Rule Revisions Fail
One of the most important regulatory changes the Trump Administration accomplished was rewriting the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, which went into effect...
Supreme Court Upholds Landowners’ Right to Exclude
On June 23, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling protecting property rights in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid. The court found that a California regulation...
National Rifle Association Joins the 30 x 30 Biden Land Grab
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is all in with the Biden Administration’s radical 30 x 30 land grab. The organization joined the “Hunt Fish 30 x 30 Initiative,” and...
Nebraska Governor Ricketts Holds “Stop 30 x 30” Town Hall Meetings
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has been holding “Stop 30 x 30” town hall meetings across the State to educate landowners on the program and help them identify the conservation...
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Issues Executive Order to Stop 30 x 30
Governor Pete Ricketts took unprecedented action and signed the “Stop 30 x 30 – Protect our Land and Water,” Executive Order 21-08 on June 24, 2021. The order directs Nebraska...
Voluntary Conservation Programs Not Enough to Keep Lesser Prairie Chicken Off Endangered List
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has issued a new rule proposing to place the Lesser prairie chicken (LPC) on the Endangered Species list, again. In 2014, they issued...
American Stewards Helps Prepare Basis for Delisting the Golden-cheeked Warbler
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) placed the Golden-cheeked warbler (GCW) under federal protection in 1990, as an endangered species. The GCW’s habitat covers a wide...
Historic RS2477 Access Case Won
The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado issued a strong decision protecting historic R.S. 2477 rights-of-way in the West. Decided at the end of last year, the court...
Landowners Derail 49-County National Heritage Area
A group of educators and students from the University of Nebraska initiated an idea that developed into an effort to designate 49 counties in Nebraska and Kansas as a National...
New CRP Contract Requires Species Protection
A Nebraska landowner received a new contract last week to re-enroll a portion of his lands into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) offered through the U.S. Department of...
The Naivety of Green Republicans
The Washington Times published an editorial last month entitled “Embracing the GOP’s Conservative Heritage,” that illustrates the naivety of those Republicans that buy into the...
Rep Boebert and 22 Members of Congress File the “30 x 30 Termination Act”
Last Friday, Representative Boebert and 22 of her Colleagues filed the “30 x 30 Termination Act.” This bill prohibits federal funds from being spent to carry out the program,...
The Great Misdirect
Public version of Biden’s 30 x 30 National Climate Task Force Report released. It paints a warm and fuzzy picture while ducking the hard issues. A close read of the...
Fox News Airs Story on 30 x 30
Fox News reporter, Douglas Kennedy airs a report on the 30 x 30 program pushed by the Biden Administration. You can view the show here.
Latest Update on 30 x 30
Fox News reporter, Douglas Kennedy airs a report on the 30 x 30 program pushed by the Biden Administration. You can view the show here.
Issue 8 – Liberty Matters News Service
In this issue... Montanans Know How to Fight U.S. House Resource Committee Republicans Admonish Administration USDA Says 30 x 30 Isn’t a Land Grab, But Offers Large Incentives 30...
Governor’s Take Stand Against Biden’s 30 x 30
Fifteen Governors signed a joint letter noticing President Biden that section 216 of the Climate Crisis Executive Order (14008), to conserve 30 percent of America’s lands by...
Issue 7 – Liberty Matters News Service
In this issue... Update on Campaign Opposing 30 x 30 NE and KS Attorneys General’s Warn Biden Administration of Federal Overreach The Carrot and Stick Behind 30 x 30 Upcoming 30...
Fight 30 x 30 Upcoming Events
Learn more about the new Administration’s 30 x 30 program and what you can do to protect your land and community. We will be in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Montana, South Dakota,...
Liberty Matters News Service, Issue 6
In this issue... Western Caucus Members Oppose 30 x 30 Activists Sue to Return Beetle to Endangered Status Will the Supreme Court Reign in the Antiquities Act? How Much Land will...
Liberty Matters News Service, Issue 5
In this issue... Nebraska Landowners Prepare to Fight the 30 x 30 Program Inside the Haaland Interior Department Shrinking Majority in the House The Next Four YearsNebraska...
Liberty Matters News Service, Issue 4
In this issue... Opposition Growing Against Biden’s 30 x 30 Land Grab Bypassing Committee, Massive Wilderness Bill Passes House USFS Extends Comment Period for Manual Update:...
Massive Wilderness Bill up for House Vote
This is Congress’s first attempt to implement the 30 x 30 program. Call Your Representative and Ask them to Oppose H.R. 803, the “Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands...
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