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American Stewards | “Stop 30 x 30 Summit” Set to Spoil Environmentalist’s Earth Day
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 Summit will take place Friday, April 22, 2022, in Lincoln Nebraska. The conference organizer, American Stewards of Liberty, selected Earth Day…
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American Stewards | American Steward’s Calls on the Biden Administration to Prepare a NEPA Analysis for the 30×30 Program.
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas (the “Atlas”). The purpose of the Atlas is to support the implementation of President Biden’s directive in Executive Order…
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American Stewards | National Association of Counties Adopts Interim Policy on 30×30
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 of specific detail and transparency from the Administration and advocates for the Western Conservation Principles developed by the U.S. Senate and Congressional…
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American Stewards | Senate Democrats Push Biden Administration to Create More Wilderness Study Areas
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), to help reach the Democrat’s 30 x 30 goal. These two designations severely restrict the use…
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American Stewards | American Farm Bureau Federation Adopts Policy Opposing 30 x 30
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 initiative. The policy reads as follows: “We Oppose: The implementation of the 30×30 (America the Beautiful) goal in any manner inconsistent with our policies…
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American Stewards | California has Released their Pathway to 30 x 30 Report
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 to 30 x 30 California.” In October of 2020, Governor Newsom signed the “Nature-Based Solutions” Executive Order which triggered the development of…
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American Stewards | Biden Administration Seeks Input on Conservation Atlas
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 Stewardship Atlas.” The purpose for the Atlas is to “develop and track a clear baseline of information on lands and waters that are…
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American Stewards | Chaves County Sets Meeting with Forest Service on Forest Plan
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 Service had failed to coordinate the plan with the County as required under the National Forest Management Act. Through a…
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American Stewards | Two Conservation Easements Denied by Counties in Nebraska
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 County Plan. Under the direction of Executive Order 21-08 issued by Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, “Stop 30 x 30 – Protect our Land…
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American Stewards | Chaves County Challenges the Forest Services Failure to Coordinate
Originally found on American Stewards. 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 environmental analysis with Chaves County. The County noticed the Forest Service on December 15, 2021, that they would need to prepare a supplemental…