A giant of a man named Ron Arnold passed away last month, January 4th. He was 84 years old. When we began our fight for property rights in the early 90’s, there were several...
Ron Arnold – Father of the “Wise Use Movement”
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Senate Democrats Push Biden Administration to Create More Wilderness Study Areas
In a letter sent to the White House led by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, lawmakers call on the Administration to designate more Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) and Areas of...
National Association of Counties Adopts Interim Policy on 30×30
The National Association of Counties (NACO), a bipartisan membership organization, adopted a new interim policy on 30 x 30, February 14th. The new policy does challenges the lack...
American Farm Bureau Federation Adopts Policy Opposing 30 x 30
One of the nation’s largest agriculture organizations, The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), adopted a new policy opposing the Biden Administration’s 30 x 30 land control...
California has Released their Pathway to 30 x 30 Report
The State of California has released its final report on how it will work to achieve the “international movement to conserve natural areas across our planet,” entitled “Pathways...
Biden Administration Seeks Input on Conservation Atlas
On January 4, 2022, The Department of Interior published a notice in the Federal Register for “information to inform interagency efforts to develop the American Conservation and...
Chaves County Sets Meeting with Forest Service on Forest Plan
At the end of last year, Chaves County, New Mexico, was made aware that the U.S. Forest Service was preparing to recommend new wilderness areas within their County. The Forest...
Stop 30 x 30 Campaign
In our first issue of Liberty Matters this year, we exposed the radical environmental goal to permanently protect at least 30 percent of our lands and oceans, predicting it would...
Chaves County Challenges the Forest Services Failure to Coordinate
In August, the U.S. Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the revision of the Lincoln National Forest Plan without coordinating the plan or the...
Two Conservation Easements Denied by Counties in Nebraska
Nebraska law gives counties the authority to approve or deny special use permits for conservation easements on land (Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2,112) that are inconsistent with the...
White House Releases Progress Report on 30 x 30
December 20, 2021, the White House released its “Year One Report – America the Beautiful” to update the progress made towards the President’s 30 x 30 initiative launched by...
True Conservationists Should Oppose 30 x 30
Gabriella Hoffman interviews Margaret Byfield, Executive Director of American Stewards of Liberty, for Episode 237 of District of Conservation. Margaret came on to discuss her...
Five U.S. Departments Sign “Protected Lands” Statement in Glasgow
Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Haaland took a large contingency of DOI agency heads to the COP26 summit to participate in the international forum earlier this...
Your Land is Their Land
Two online mapping tools have been created to help the public identify lands in America that should be protected under the “climate crisis” agenda. The Nature Conservancy (TNC)...
Conservation Dollars to Compete with Working Landowners
In an interview given to Agri-Pulse Communications, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack said there is $27 billion allocated in the Build Back Better Act (BBB) for conservation funding...
1.1 Million Acre Uranium Mineral Withdrawal in Build Back Better Act
The $2.1 Trillion Build Back Better Act Democrats in Congress are pushing to get passed this week is full of socialist driven programs, including the creation of the Civilian...
Where Do We Go From Here?
That is the title of Dr. David Jeremiah’s recent book, where he links current events to a foreshadowing of the end times. We have read many of the pastor’s books on biblical...
Brace for Impact: Biden Administration Rescinding Protections for Landowners
The Trump Administration governed from a philosophy of reducing regulations and increasing productivity, which, as his presidency demonstrated, leads to a stronger economy and...
Hold the Line and Don’t Straddle the 30 x 30 Fence
When the Biden Administration failed to publicly define “conservation” or even identify what lands qualify under his 30 x 30 initiative in the first report released last May,...
Send the Calvary: Texas Border Commission Initiates Coordination with TDEM
The Texas Border Counties of Kinney and Uvalde, along with the City of Uvalde, finally have the Texas Department of Emergency Management’s (TDEM) attention. They held their first...
Americans Reject 30 x 30
Nebraska now has over 60 counties that have passed resolutions opposed to 30 x 30, thanks to the leadership of Governor Pete Ricketts, who has made certain Nebraskan’s are...
Landowner Sued for Conservation Easement Violations
The Virginia State Attorney General has filed a suit against a landowner who allegedly constructed a home that was larger than the 3,000 square feet allowed under the terms of...
An Eco-Terrorist Now Runs the BLM
Tracy Stone-Manning, the EarthFirst! leader, who denied her involvement in an Idaho tree spiking incident in the 90’s, was approved by the Senate on September 30th, to hold the...
Senate Hearings This Week
The Senate National Parks Subcommittee will be taking up Four National Heritage Area bills and 26 new National Park bills in a hearing this Wednesday. You can check out...
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