House Makes Conservation Push to Protect Public Lands with Bill

This article talks about how The House passed legislation on Friday, that would create 1.5 million acres of new wilderness and incorporate nearly 1,200 miles of waterways into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Biden has set a goal to conserve at least 30% of U.S. lands and ocean by 2030 which will help curb global warming while preserving some lands for future generations.  It is one of the largest land protection packages Congress has ever considered and covers almost 3 million acres of public lands. The bill would permanently withdraw more than 1 million acres of federal land for any future mining claims. The legislation encompassed bills from Rep. Joe Neguse and DeGette that would affect more than 1 million acres of public lands in the state.

This relates to environmental science by concluding that conserving at least 30% of lands and oceans by 2030, will help global warming drastically while also keeping other lands clean so that they will last for generations. This will help save wildlife as well by banning logging and mining and motorized vehicles by keeping a safe environment for the animals who live in that habitat. This will also halt forest management practices that can reduce fire risks and will control fire, insects, and diseases. I, personally, am very happy with the accomplishments that Biden is trying to set, by helping our Country. The stuff he is doing is turning back and going back further behind the point Trump was trying to reach. Trump’s plans would have risen the climate levels and would have left all public land for drilling and other harmful stuff. 

2 thoughts on “House Makes Conservation Push to Protect Public Lands with Bill

  1. Getting political here but I have to agree, Trump’s policies regarding climate change were nonexistent and his economic policies to revive coal mining jobs were just going to worsen America’s emissions. However, given the need for job growth, do you see the preservation of land as a distraction from possibly more corrosive and emission-heavy jobs that will be added to the already emission-intensive industries?

  2. After seeing such push to protect public land do you think that it will happen more often or is this just a one off?

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