Most people have never heard about the Department of Defense’s (DOD) “Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program (REPI).” But the Biden administration used this...
Chinese Conservation Easements May Surround Military Bases
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Congresswomen Hageman and Fedorchak Champion Conservation Easement Reform
Congresswomen Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), introduced H.R. 2773, the Landowner Easement Rights Act. This bill would prohibit the Department of the Interior...
Reps. Lauren Boebert and Tom Tiffany’s Gray Wolf Bill Passes Out of House Natural Resources Committee
The Pet and Livestock Protection Act (PALPA) introduced by Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) and Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) passed through the House Natural Resources...
Local Control Coordination Needed to Implement Trump’s Agenda
By Margaret Byfield
Mr. Baker Goes to Washington
Bryan Baker is a fourth-generation cotton farmer in the small rural town of Sudan, Texas. His home is in the epicenter of the federal government’s plan to expand the Muleshoe...
ESA Amendments Act of 2025
On Tuesday, April 25th, Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Chairman of the House Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, held hearings on Chairman Westerman’s H.R. 1897, “ESA Amendments...
Utah Leadership Files Bill to Protect Utah from Natural Asset Companies
The New York Stock Exchange attempted to form Natural Asset Companies (NACs) with the support of Intrinsic Exchange Group backed by world elites like the Rockefeller Foundation...
Biden’s Department of Justice Criminally Indicts South Dakota Ranching Family
Since the 1910s, the Maude family has been ranching the same land in South Dakota that includes leases on adjoining national grasslands separated by a 75-year-old fence. A...
WOTUS Rule to be Revised Under Trump
Biden’s rule on “waters of the United States” placed tremendous burdens on America’s farmers and ranchers, but the Trump administration is going to revise them to mirror the U.S....
EPA Aims to Kill Climate Change Agenda
President Trump issued an Executive Order on day one called “Power the American Great Comeback.” From this EO, the President gave U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Endangered Species Act Bill is a Good Start
Here is the big lie about the Endangered Species Act (ESA). It doesn’t really save species. The handful of successful delistings are for species that shouldn’t have been on the...
The Federal Government’s Abuse of Conservation Easements
Turns out, if you have land next to a property with a conservation easement (CE), you may also be restricted by the CE terms. In May of 2024, Biden’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
CAP Claims Biden Preserved More Land than the Louisiana Purchase
The Center for American Progress (CAP), the progressive group that initiated the 30x30 program, claims Joe Biden protected more lands and waters than the size of the Louisiana...
Reducing Federal Land Inventory
During the Vice-Presidential debate, J. D. Vance was asked about affordable housing, and his response fell right in line with what American Stewards has advocated – the reduction...
Bill Filed in Washington State to Tax Cow Flatulence
Washington State is considering a bill that would impose a new tax on dairy farmers and beef producers for their animal’s offensive emissions. House Bill 1630, filed by several...
119th Congress Key Legislation, February 18, 2025
Ending Green Giveaways Act Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) introduced the “Ending Green Giveaways Act” that “will return unused funds from the $3 billion of taxpayer money allocated to an...
119th Congress Key Legislation February 11, 2025
Reps. Green, Hageman to Refile Bill Stopping Future Natural Asset Companies Reps. Mark Green (TN-07) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) will reintroduced the Protect America’s Lands Act...
Montana Bill to Sunset Conservation Easements Killed
Last week, we reported on SB 209, filed In Montana by Senator Tony Tezak (R-Dist 35) limiting the term for conservation easements in his state so that no easement could be taken...
America (and Canada) Need All Their Land Back In Order To Flourish
Written by Elizabeth Nickson February 8, 2025Temp’s Sovereign Wealth Fund seems like a good idea, depending on who controls it. Trump says the U.S. will, but does that devolve...
119th Congress Key Legislation, February 4, 2025
Harriet Hageman reintroduced three bills last week all protecting private property rights. The first was H.R. 775, the No Net Gain in Federal Lands Act intended to push back...
Tennessee and Montana New Bills Introduced February 4, 2025
Two bills have been filed in Montana and Tennessee concerning conservation easements, something American Stewards has focused on for many years. In Tennessee Senator Jack Johnson...
Trump’s First Property Rights Actions
As promised, the new White House is boldly moving at Trump speed. Already we have seen several key actions taken by Executive Order that rollback the green agenda and advance...
Perry Amendment Passes
Perry Amendment Passes The “Fix Our Forest Act” has passed the House chamber with the amendment that stripped out the natural asset language. The vote was 279-141. This is a...
Natural Asset Alert
Call Your Congressman Today! Tomorrow, the “Fix Our Forest Act” (H.R. 471) is scheduled to be voted on the House floor. Included in this bill are provisions that advance the...
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