Biden’s Conservation Plan Hints at Land Grab, Governors Warn

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (C) with supporters in front of his residence in Lincoln, Neb., on June 24, 2021, after signing an executive order against the Biden administration's plan to have 30 percent of American land and waters in conservation by 2030. Petr Svab/The Epoch Times

LINCOLN, Neb.—Tucked away on page 9 of one of President Joe Biden’s executive orders on climate change are two small paragraphs that have raised alarm among the governors of more than a dozen states. The paragraphs task the administration to figure out a way “to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.”

While all sides seem to support taking care of nature, subjecting nearly a third of America to federal conservation rules is hardly what many state and local officials have in mind.