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...
Two Conservation Easements Denied by Counties in Nebraska
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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...
The Internationally Driven 30 x 30 Agenda
The Biden Administration’s attempt to sell the American people on the idea that the 30 x 30 initiative is locally driven is totally refuted when you look at the agenda’s...
Gov. Ricketts Hosts Margaret Byfield on “The Nebraska Way” Podcast
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Ricketts released the 26th episode of “The Nebraska Way” featuring Margaret Byfield, Executive Director of American Stewards of Liberty. During the...
ASL Files Notice to Sue on Cave Bug Delisting
The first delisting petition we filed, June 2014, was to remove the Bone cave harvestman, a microscopic terrestrial karst invertebrate, or cave bug, from the federal endangered...
EPA Back to Regulating Wet Meadows and Prairie Potholes
The court case of Pascua Yaqui Tribe v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, decided by Judge Rosemary Márquez in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, has...
New Mexico Governor Usher’s in “Half Earth” Agenda
Few would be surprised to learn that New Mexico’s Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, would be the first to move beyond the 30 x 30 land protection goal of environmentalists, and...
Lesser Prairie Chicken Comment Deadline Approaching
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be closing the comment window on their proposed endangered/threatened listing for the Lesser Prairie Chicken September 1st. The potential...
Cheney Files 30 x 30 Bill That Falls Short
Last week, Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) filed a 30 x 30 bill promoted to protect property rights and guard against federal overreach. However, the language fails to deliver...
Border Security: 391 Coordination Commission Formed to Protect the Southern Border
Members of American Stewards of Liberty will remember how we used a provision of the Texas Local Government code to stop the Trans-Texas Corridor, the first leg of the NAFTA...
One Million Enter Illegally in First Six Months
Just the News reported that more than one-million illegal immigrants have entered through our Souther border in the first six months of 2021. That number captures only those...
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