Fight the 30 x 30 Campaign:
The 30 x 30 program is a plan advanced by radical environmental activists to permanently protect 30% of America’s land and oceans by 2030. The program was adopted by the Biden Administration through Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad” (86 Fed. Reg. 7,619), signed January 27, 2021.
Proponents argue climate impacts are human-caused, and permanently preserving 30 percent of America’s land and oceans is necessary to reverse climate change. This action must be taken immediately, they claim, to avoid impacts on the ecosystem and wildlife. However, the science and data do not justify these extreme policy measures.
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.
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Issues Using Local Government Policy Coordination
Congress set the requirements for coordination to ensure there was a process that allowed State and local governments to meaningfully work to resolve policy conflicts with federal priorities. Because the direction to federal agencies to coordinate is in several federal statutes, it is a process that can be used to address many different issues. These issues included development of plans, inventory of resources, and management activities.
Some of the types of issues that coordination has found to be very effective at harmonizing the different plans, policies and programs of the governing entities are:
Development, Revision and Amendment of Resource Management Plans on Federal Lands: By initiating coordination at the beginning of the planning process, the needs and potential conflicts between the planning positions can be identified and resolved early, and allow for the institutional knowledge of the people who live, work and play in the area to shape an effective management plan.
Planning for Infrastructure such as Roads and Powerlines: When federal planners engage with State and local governments at the beginning of the process through coordination, they learn of potential restrictions and local infrastructure plans such as new schools and water towers that are otherwise not discovered until after an alternative and alignment have been selected. This causes unnecessary delays and added costs. Coordinating at the beginning engages the elected leaders resources to identify these issues early, so plans can be developed in the most efficient and expeditious manner.
Determining Whether Federal Protection of Species is Warranted: By coordinating with State and local governments on the potential listing of species, federal agencies learn of local conservation efforts, local studies, and personal accounts, which provide valuable information that better inform the decision.
