American Stewards of Liberty | 16 Ways to Reverse 30×30

Americans cannot be satisfied with just rescinding the 30×30 agenda in the new Trump Administration.  We must roll back the land grab and the natural asset scheme it advances. A great place to start is the budget reconciliation process, which will be one of the first actions the new Congress will take up.

The progressive green agenda has been soundly rejected by the American people. This election was about more than just the economy, our borders, and liberties.  It was a repudiation of the radical green new deal seeking to take full control of American’s food, fiber, minerals, energy, and our property rights. 

With a conservative majority in the House and the Senate, Congress has an unprecedented opportunity to unwind this agenda and begin restoring full constitutional protections for our property rights.

Wayne Hage, a Nevada rancher, once said: “Either you have the right to own property, or you are property.” The Biden / Harris administration knows this as well, which is why they unleashed the international 30×30 agenda to gain permanent control of 30 percent of our land, water and oceans by 2030, and why they advanced a scheme to monetize natural processes such as pollination and photosynthesis – new assets they are poised to own. 

They understand that to replace our Republic with a socialist state, they must gain control of our land and natural resources, or as Karl Marx stated, abolish private property. We would be naive to believe that they will give up on this agenda come January 21, 2025.

In the first 100 days of the new Administration, much can be done to roll back this agenda, and reinstate those basic principles that make America the beacon of liberty to the world. Just as the progressives passed the massive Inflation Reduction Act bill of 2022 through the budget reconciliation process, so too can the new Congress cut the bloated federal government, unleash American prosperity and return control of our land to the American people.

Here are 16 budget items that would begin this process. We encourage you to share these with your Congressman and Senators and ask that they are included in budget reconciliation.

1. RESCIND FUNDS IMPLEMENTING THE UNAUTHORIZED 30X30 AGENDA

 What: Rescind Section 216 of Executive Order 14008 entitled “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad” (86 Fed. Reg. 7,619) directing federal agencies to “conserve at least 30 percent of America’s land and oceans by 2030.”

 Why: The 30×30 agenda is a left-wing government land grab that erodes private control and restricts natural resource production essential for fueling our economy.

2. UNLOCK AMERICA’S CRITICAL MINERAL RESERVES

 What: Rescind the Department of the Interior Mineral Withdrawal Secretarial Orders, such as ANWR, offshore leasing, and Boundary Waters, issued under the 30×30 agenda.

 Why: These deposits hold the critical minerals America requires for national defense, energy independence, essential technology systems, and other critical infrastructure needs, forcing the U.S. to acquire these minerals elsewhere at great cost. They should be reopened to development.

3. REDUCE CONSERVATION PROGRAM FUNDING

 What: Rescind conservation program funds allocated through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

 Why: Conservation programs artificially increase the purchase and lease prices of land, making it difficult for working landowners to produce America’s food and goods. It also reduces the revenue that funds our schools, hospitals, roads and emergency services. Importantly, a substantial portion of the IRA funds are given to environmental organizations whose agenda is to eliminate property rights.

4. SUNSET AND PHASE OUT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

 What: Amend IRS Code to: (1) Sunset conservation easements to 15 years or less; (2) End new federal enrollments; and (3) Develop a phase-out program for existing federally held and funded easements to be extinguished after 30 years.

 Why: Conservation easements are a deceptive tool environmentalists use to acquire control of private land, forever, at tremendous costs to the government (and its citizens).

5. STOP THE WHITE HOUSE STRATEGY TO MONETIZE AND OWN NATURAL ASSETS

 What: Prohibit funding for the “White House Strategy for Environmental-Economic Decisions” (SEED) and continuation of the pilot test accounts.

 Why: To help prevent the executive branch from inflating the financial position of the United States to support raising the debt level and increasing the federal budget.

6. PREVENT USE OF UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ACCOUNTING METHOD

 What: Prohibit funds being used for any program that relies on the United Nations’ System of Environmental Economic Accounting (UN-SEEA) to determine the value of natural processes and environmental services.

 Why: To help prevent the executive branch from inflating the financial position of the United States to support raising the debt level and increasing the federal budget.

7. PROHIBIT LISTING PRIVATE PROPERTY AS A U.S. ASSET ON THE FEDERAL BALANCE SHEET

 What: Preclude the addition of privately owned property, or any assets derived from private land, such as water, air, other natural assets, or environmental services, from being used as a security supporting the U.S. financial net wealth.

 Why: To keep the federal government from listing privately owned property as a U.S. asset to inflate the country’s financial position to support raising the debt level and increasing the federal budget.

8. PROHIBIT FUNDS AUTHORIZING NATURAL ASSET COMPANIES

 What: Adopt the language of H.R. 7494, the Protect the American Lands Act, that amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit exchanges from effecting transactions in securities issued by natural-asset companies or similar vehicles.

 Why: Creation of natural-asset companies would monetize natural processes whose value is arbitrarily established and can change as the political climate does, creating market instability.

9. STOP THE MONETIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

 What: Rescind the USDA Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions (SUSTAINS) Act of 2021.

 Why: Close a loophole that allows the federal government to both monetize natural processes, and determine who owns those processes on private lands.

10. REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR PERMANENTLY PROTECTED LANDS

 What: Prohibit funds from being expended on administrative designations of special purpose lands without congressional approval, such as for national monuments and conservation leases on federal lands. This can be done by amending the “Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act” (ANILCA) to extend the existing prohibition in Alaska to all states.

 Why: Prevent the executive branch from shutting down entire regions from natural resource development while reducing the management expenses of the administrative agencies.

11. END FUNDING FOR NEW FEDERAL LAND ACQUISITIONS

 What: Prohibit funds for programs used to purchase private property from increasing federal ownership of lands, unless the acquisition facilitates a land swap resulting in no net gain of federal lands.

 Why: To reduce the budget by eliminating new acquisition purchases as well as operation and maintenance expenses for new conservation lands.

12. REDUCE FEDERAL LAND INVENTORY

 What: Identify federal lands that would be better purposed if returned to the private sector, excluding those protected by Congress such as national parks and wildlife refuges.

 Why: To help local economies expand, increase proper management of the land through private stewardship, and reduce the federal budget.

13. REDUCE REGULATORY EXPENSE ON PRIVATE LANDS

 What: Exempt private lands from federal land use regulations if there are no federal funds, programs, or approvals attached to the land.

 Why: Reduce regulatory management costs by excluding private lands not enrolled in the federal conservation programs. 

14. DIRECT ALL WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS TO BE RELEASED UNLESS

CONGRESSIONALLY APPROVED

 What: Require administrative agencies to release all Wilderness Study Areas designations on federal lands unless the area has been specifically protected by Congress.

 Why: These administrative designations unnecessarily restrict the productivity and local economic benefits of multiple-use lands and increase the administrative expenses.

15. INCREASE TIMBER PRODUCTION TO REDUCE WILDFIRES AND OFFSET AGENCY EXPENSES

 What: Rescind the proposed Biden administration Old Growth Plan amendment and incorporate the Fix Our Forest Act to restore active management of our forests.

 Why: Administrative actions have led to the overgrowth of our nation’s forests increasing wildland fires and threatening communities. Instead of allowing these resources to be consumed by fire, deploy America’s timber industry to harvest overgrowth areas providing direct revenue to the agency and economic benefits to rural communities.

16. REQUIRE ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES TO COORDINATE WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

 What: Require all federal land management agencies to coordinate federal resource plans and policies with states and local governments as prescribed in the “Federal Land Policy and Management Act” at section 202 (43 U.S.C. § 1712(c)(9)).

 Why: To ensure federal plans and policies do not harm the local economy and the health, safety, and welfare of the people.