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Florida Continues Its Massive Take Over of Private Land
Within the last four months, Governor Ron DeSantis, Attorney General James Uthmeier, and Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson have all announced land acquisitions via...
$250k Lost Annually by Family Ranchers with Wolves
The Office for Fiscal Regulatory Accountability (OFRA) has released a new estimate of the economic losses faced by family ranches when the endangered Grey Wolf is present on...
Rollback Continues – Another 30×30 Victory
“The Department of the Interior is proposing to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, aligning with Secretary Doug Burgum’s commitment to restoring balance...
Prairie Chicken Delisted – Big Win for Landowners
On August 12th, a federal judge in Texas has, for a second time, vacated a Biden administration rule that listed the lesser prairie chicken as endangered and remanded the rule...
Muleshoe Victory
As reported last week, Representative Jodey Arrington announced that Department of the Interior Secretary Burgham rescinded the Land Protection Plan for the Muleshoe National...
President Trump Ends the Muleshoe 30×30 Plan
American Stewards of Liberty is pleased to deliver an update on an issue we've been battling for the past 12 months. Today, the Trump Administration canceled the Land Protection...
Environmentalists Sue Over Border Wall
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has sued Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem for waiving several environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act and the National...
USDA Cancels $1 Billion in IRA Conservation Grants
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds granted by the Biden administration that would go directly to environmental organizations were rescinded by the Trump Administration last...
Multiple States Continue Biden’s 30×30 Agenda
The Trump administration rescinded Biden’s 30x30 (America the Beautiful) scheme on day one of his second term in office, but multiple states continue the destructive path to...
OPINION: Eminent Threat: Federal Energy Corridor Endangers Eastern New Mexico Farms and Ranches
Written by Bronson Corn June 10, 2025 Eastern New Mexico is in the crosshairs of the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC). That means livelihoods of many...
BlackRock Continues its March to Monetize Nature
One of the backers behind monetizing natural processes is the largest investment firm in the world, BlockRock. Earlier this year, they released a commentary that notes taxes on...
Environmentalists Keep 30×30 Land Acquisition Gains
Senate: On Saturday night, Senator Lee withdrew his federal land sales provision from the budget reconciliation bill. Concerns that the lands would be sold to China, Blackrock...
Perpetuity is Not Working
Back in April, Congresswomen Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) introduced the Landowner Easement Rights Act that limits the term of a conservation easement to 30...
Rolling Back 30×30 by Reducing the Federal Land Inventory
As reported in last week’s Liberty Matters, Senator Mike Lee from Utah included in the Senate’s FY25 Budget Reconciliation Bill, President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” an...
N.J. Family’s Land Being Taken by Eminent Domain
The Cranberry Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey voted unanimously in May to approve a plan to acquire through eminent domain Andy Henry’s family farm to meet...
Florida Legislators Come to Their Senses
The Florida legislature finally came to their senses last week and approved budget cuts to Governor DeSantis’ flagship conservation land acquisition program known as “Florida...
White House Counsel Sets Stage for President to Revoke National Monuments
What appears to be the beginning process to rescind or reduce the size of national monuments was launched last week in a legal memorandum by Counsel to the President. The...
Iowa Landowners and Local Governments Lose Against Summit
Last week both Governor Kim Reynolds and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC (Summit) allowing their carbon capture pipeline to be built...
Federal Failures, Kansas Consequences: The Quivira Water Grab
By Tracey Barton - Executive Director, Kansas Natural Resource Coalition When the federal government threatens to seize private farmland to fix its own mistakes, Kansas counties...
Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act
Rob Gordon, Advisor to CFACT, writes how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s definition of harm needs to be eliminated. He also submitted comments on behalf of CFACT (Committee For A...
30×30 Conservation Welfare Programs Remain in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
While the House bill makes significant cuts to the green new deal agenda, including eliminating pro carbon sequestration pipeline language, the final bill failed to cut one of...
Interior Department Seeks Public Input on Repealing Public Lands and Natural Resources Rules
The Department of Interior (DOI) announced on May 16, they are asking for public comments to “identify outdated, overly complex or burdensome regulations.” It’s all a part of...
Defeating Carbon Pipeline in South Dakota May be Revived by Congress’ Reconciliation Bill
Earlier this year, ASL reported in Liberty Matters how the landowners won a major victory over Summit Carbon Solutions and the carbon sequestration pipeline they intended to...