Conservation Today, As Opposed To Yesteryear: The Importance of Private Lands

By: Amos S. Eno
Posted on:08/14/2024

US Environmental initiatives have focused on federal lands protection since 1900. The latest iteration is the Biden’s administration trumpeted a “30 by 30-policy” objective further expanding our already excessive federal holdings. National Parks, and National Forests protect many high mountains, deserts, grasslands, and our National Wildlife Refuges conserve some 90 million acres of wetlands. However, 82% of our Wetlands remain in private ownership and 80% of endangered species habitat rests in private land ownership. Species biodiversity is disproportionately dependent on the private sector, which represents a forgotten and ignored landscape in terms of national policy and funding.

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Amos Eno is the president of the Land Conservation Assistance Network. This blog will help you understand why we do what we do and inform you of the current happenings in our focus area.