Policy & Advocacy - 30 x 30 Land Grab
On January 27, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order (14008) designed to "protect" 30 percent more of America's land and oceans by 2030.
In a news release by the Biden Administration in May of 2021, the "America the Beautiful" initiative was outlined as a 10-year plan to "support locally led and voluntary conservation and restoration efforts across public, private, and Tribal lands and waters."
According to American Stewards of Liberty, however, the executive order is anything but locally led.
"30 x 30 is an unconstitutional policy shift, moving us from a nation founded on private property principles to one controlled by the administrative state."
Who is behind 30 x 30?
According to the American Stewards of Liberty website:
"In 2019, the progressive organization Center for American Progress (CAP) published the primary report supporting the 30 x 30 program, entitled “How Much Nature Should America Keep."
"This was followed by a Resolution calling for the 30 x 30 program to be introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate. One of the Senate co-sponsors was current Vice President, Kamala Harris. On the House side, one of the key co-sponsors was Representative Debra Haaland, now the Secretary of the Department of Interior. CAP was founded through funding from George Soros backed Foundations. It is supported by well-known progressive elites, including Michael Bloomberg. Its board of directors includes John Podesta (Chair), Stacey Abrams, Julián Castro, and Senator Tom Daschle. The Defenders of Wildlife, League of Conservation Voters, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society Action Fund, The Wildlands Network, Center for Biological Diversity, and other environmental organizations have also been actively promoting the agenda."
What can you do?
We need your help to show that 30 x 30 is NOT a locally led movement as it has been touted as. American Stewards of Liberty have developed a guide to fight the 30 by 30 land grab. We also have a link to suggested language that your county commissioners could adopt.
Margaret Byfield of American Stewards of Liberty shared information about the 30 x 30 Land Grab at the 2022 NDFB Farm and Ranch Conference, held in Dicksinon, Feb. 4-5.
Check out this audio excerpt from Margaret Byfield's Straight Talk interview with Emmery and Ezra or listen to the entire Straight Talk with NDFB podcast:
Show notes from the podcast:
30 x 30 is a plan by environmentalists to protect 30% of America’s land and oceans by 2030. Growing up on a large cow-calf operation in Nevada, our guest Margaret Byfield recounts the federal interference on her family’s ranch. After fighting in courts for 27 years, she and her family founded a property rights organization which eventually merged with another into American Stewards of Liberty, with the purpose of protecting private property rights.
In this episode we talk about:
- What is behind 30 x 30
- Programs and ways the government is competing with private landowners
- What you can do to protect your property
Join us as we talk about the drive to shift policy, moving America from private property principles to one controlled by the administrative state.
Fight 30 by 30
How to fight the 30 x 30 program
Ask your local governments to pass a resolution opposing 30 x 30
American Stewards of Liberty
Get in touch with Margaret Byfield
For those interested, articles pushing 30 x 30 referenced in the episode:
InProgress spelling out the 30x30 agenda for the United States
New Mexico Governor is already pushing 30x30 on the state
The Biden Administration’s 30 x 30 push: America the Beautiful
The program is being advanced by the Biden Administration through Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Aboard,” signed January 27, 2021. )
In February, Farm Bureau Districts 7 and 9 hosted Trent Loos in Dickinson and New Salem to talk about 30 x 30 in front of packed houses. Here are a few excerpts from his talk:
To learn more about this land grab, visit these links on the American Stewards of Liberty website:
White House releases progress report on 30 x 30
California releases Pathway to 30 x 30 report
Stop 30 x 30 Summit on April 22