America the Beautiful

The Department of the Interior today announced more than $40.6 million in grants through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to 10 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands to support land acquisition and conservation planning projects on over 7,200 acres of habitat for 65 listed and at-risk species through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.

The Bureau of Land Management today announced $28 million in investments from the Inflation Reduction Act for six large-scale partnerships with national organizations, States, and the Navajo Nation to support restoration and conservation on public lands.

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, along with the Public Lands Council, are criticizing the Biden administration's America the Beautiful campaign that includes an emphasis on wilderness designation. NCBA Executive Director of Natural Resources, Kaitlynn Glover, said one of the goals of the Administration is to conserve 30% of  public lands by 2030 and she noted cattle, sheep producers are

Earlier this month, the Biden Administration released the America the Beautiful report, which outlines locally led and voluntary efforts nationwide to conserve and restore 30% of the nation's lands and waters by 2030. "Those making their living from the land are farmers, ranchers, and foresters are bearing the brunt of climate change," said Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack ...

Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack, says there are six areas the new America the Beautiful will address. "First, rewarding the voluntary conservation efforts to ranchers farmers and foresters. Second, partnering with nature-deprived communities to create parks and open spaces ...

Brenda Mallory is Chair of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality. She recently called the America the Beautiful proposal recently rolled out by the Administration "historic". "Never before has a President outlined a vision of this kind and certainly not this early in an administration ...

Last week, the Biden administration announced its so-called 30x30 plan, renamed the America the Beautiful proposal. The plan seeks to collaboratively work to conserve and restore the lands, waters, and wildlife that support and sustain the nation ...