Colorado counties pushing back against Biden’s extreme plan to lock up 30% of U.S. land

[excalibur]

This insanity from the left is terminal. Will it be terminal for America as well?

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Thus far in 2021, commissioners in Garfield, Grand, Moffat, Logan and Las Animas counties have all adopted resolutions formally opposing the so-called “30 by 30” plan by the Biden administration to lock up “at least 30 percent of our lands and waters” for conservation purposes by 2030​

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On January 27, President Biden signed the far-reaching Executive Order 14008, which among other things orders the Secretary of the Interior to recommend “steps that the United States should take, working with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, agricultural and forest landowners, fishermen, and other key stakeholders, to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030” to a new National Climate Task Force that will implement his agenda.​

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To conserve 30% of the land alone (not including the same amount of U.S. territorial waters) would require the rewilding of an area twice the size of Texas, according to proponents.​

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Western Slope counties oppose​

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In Garfield County the resolution points out that about 62.3% of land in the county is already owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), who are responsible for managing some 2,000 square miles in the county.​

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The Flat Tops Wilderness Area within Garfield County comprises 38% of USFS property.​

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In a statement to Sky-Hi News Grand County Commissioner Merrit Linke, referring to last year’s East Troublesome forest fire said, “Preserving and protecting — the government does not have a good track record of doing those two things. The hands off approach does not work, as evidenced by a 200,000 acre fire in Grand County last summer.”​

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In Moffat County the resolution states: “The Board supports the continued management of the public lands and the national forests under principles of multiple use and sustained yield, recognizing the Nation’s need for domestic sources of minerals, energy, timber, food, and fiber, and in careful coordination with Moffat County to ensure consistency with County land use plans and land management policies, as required by law.”​

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Moffat County commissioners also said, “Any non-federal lands or other rights that are acquired to fulfill the 30 x 30 program’s objectives should be acquired only from willing landowners and for the payment full and fair market value for all rights and interests acquired, and not through regulatory compulsion…”​

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Grand, Garfield and Moffat counties are all on Colorado’s Western Slope.​

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Private property concerns in other counties​

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Colorado counties pushing back against Biden's extreme plan to lock up 30% of U.S. land

To conserve 30% of the land alone would require the rewilding of an area twice the size of Texas, according to proponents.

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[Dekster]

Depends on how they do it. Lots of land rich people stayed rich off soil bank subsidies. I imagine this would end up being similar for timberland.

 

[StormAl]

Let's get this straight.

Public lands belong to all of us not just the people who live near them.

 

[Bobob]

This insanity from the left is terminal. Will it be terminal for America as well?

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Thus far in 2021, commissioners in Garfield, Grand, Moffat, Logan and Las Animas counties have all adopted resolutions formally opposing the so-called “30 by 30” plan by the Biden administration to lock up “at least 30 percent of our lands and waters” for conservation purposes by 2030​

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On January 27, President Biden signed the far-reaching Executive Order 14008, which among other things orders the Secretary of the Interior to recommend “steps that the United States should take, working with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, agricultural and forest landowners, fishermen, and other key stakeholders, to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030” to a new National Climate Task Force that will implement his agenda.​

​

To conserve 30% of the land alone (not including the same amount of U.S. territorial waters) would require the rewilding of an area twice the size of Texas, according to proponents.​

​

Western Slope counties oppose​

​

In Garfield County the resolution points out that about 62.3% of land in the county is already owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), who are responsible for managing some 2,000 square miles in the county.​

​

The Flat Tops Wilderness Area within Garfield County comprises 38% of USFS property.​

​

In a statement to Sky-Hi News Grand County Commissioner Merrit Linke, referring to last year’s East Troublesome forest fire said, “Preserving and protecting — the government does not have a good track record of doing those two things. The hands off approach does not work, as evidenced by a 200,000 acre fire in Grand County last summer.”​

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In Moffat County the resolution states: “The Board supports the continued management of the public lands and the national forests under principles of multiple use and sustained yield, recognizing the Nation’s need for domestic sources of minerals, energy, timber, food, and fiber, and in careful coordination with Moffat County to ensure consistency with County land use plans and land management policies, as required by law.”​

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Moffat County commissioners also said, “Any non-federal lands or other rights that are acquired to fulfill the 30 x 30 program’s objectives should be acquired only from willing landowners and for the payment full and fair market value for all rights and interests acquired, and not through regulatory compulsion…”​

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Grand, Garfield and Moffat counties are all on Colorado’s Western Slope.​

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Private property concerns in other counties​

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Colorado counties pushing back against Biden's extreme plan to lock up 30% of U.S. land

To conserve 30% of the land alone would require the rewilding of an area twice the size of Texas, according to proponents.

pagetwo.completecolorado.com

Good idea to protect our land from those who would use it for profit at the cost of our environment and our health. Trump grabbed 3 million clean acres of parks and recreation for fracking, etc., and a huge amount of California forests for logging.