The state of New York is poised to take similar action as has Vermont, although with a lighter hand. A bill to amend the New York State environmental conservation law has passed...
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Vermont Passes First 50×50 Bill
May 5, 2022, the Vermont legislature passed a law to protect 50 percent of the land within the state by 2050. H.606, the “Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection...
ASL Defends American burying beetle Downlisting
“Unwarranted endangered listings give the federal government enormous power over the small landowner who cannot afford to have a team of lawyers on retainer. It is America’s middle class that is hurt the most by the environmental regulations, promulgated in the name of ‘conservation’,” Byfield stated
Senator Kevin Cramer’s Stop 30×30 Remarks are Now Online
The Senator’s remarks at the “Stop 30×30 Summit” last month are compelling and inspiring. As sponsor of the “30×30 Termination Act” (S. 1673), he sets forth a strong case as to...
CALL TO ACTION: Sign Letter to Rescind 30×30
Sign the “Open Letter to President Biden to Rescind 30×30.” The Biden Administration continues to claim that the 30×30 program is locally driven, but has failed to work with...
Republican Senator’s Call for Environmental Impact Statement on 30×30 Program
North Dakota’s Senator Kevin Cramer and 20 of his colleagues have formally requested the Biden Administration prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on the 30×30 program...
Nebraska Governor Pete Rickett’s Summit Presentation Released
The Stop 30×30 Summit held on last month’s Earth Day was a fantastic success. We will be rolling out the video of each speaker over the next few weeks, beginning with our Summit...
Stop 30×30 Agenda Finalized
The Stop 30×30 Summit agenda has been finalized, and it is fantastic! The program is packed with experts at the local and national level who have been fighting the 30×30 land...
Indigenous People Oppose 30×30
Conservationists assure that 30×30 will save humanity, in part by protecting indigenous communities. However, this narrative is beginning to unravel as indigenous people across...
Montana Declines to Participate in Biden’s Conservation Program
In response to a request for comments developing the Conservation and Stewardship Atlas, which is designed to track progress towards the Administration’s 30 x 30 goal, the State...
Biden’s Budget: Spend, Borrow and Redistribute Wealth
Biden’s 5.3 trillion dollar budget for fiscal year 2023, ensures the American economy will continue on its accelerated downward trend. The Administration proposes spending...
Bill Filed to Limit Term of Conservation Easements
U.S. Representatives Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) and Kelly Armstrong (ND) introduced a bill in Congress entitled “Landowners Easement Rights Act” (H.R. 7021). The bill would...
New Report Debunks 30×30 Biodiversity Crisis Claims
The Heritage Foundation has released a new report authored by Rob Gordon, a seasoned conservation and natural resource expert that answers the question of whether America’s...
“Stop 30 x 30 Summit” Set to Spoil Environmentalist’s Earth Day
The “Stop 30 x 30 Summit” agenda is packed with national leaders and frontline fighters who are gathering together to stop the international 30×30 agenda on American soil. The...
American Steward’s Calls on the Biden Administration to Prepare a NEPA Analysis for the 30×30 Program.
Counties and Associations Invited to Join Comments In January, the Department of the Interior issued a notice seeking comments to inform interagency efforts to develop the...
Ron Arnold – Father of the “Wise Use Movement”
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...
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...