The White House Just Launched a Huge Conservation Initiative

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Climate Change
April 12, 2022
The White House Just Launched a Huge Conservation Initiative
Of course, Lauren Boebert is one of its most outspoken critics.
Chris D’Angelo
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This story was originally published by the HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.


The Biden administration has launched a $1 billion program to advance its goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030.

The program, called the America the Beautiful Challenge, will serve as a “one-stop-shop” for states, tribes, territories, non-governmental organizations, and others to apply for numerous grants for conservation and restoration projects, the administration said. It is backed by an initial $440 million in federal funds over five years—the bulk of which comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law that Congress passed last year—and aims to draw private and philanthropic contributions to reach the $1 billion mark.

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The new program “will help mobilize new investments in locally-led, voluntary conservation and restoration projects across the country while making it easier for communities to access these resources,” Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement.

Funds will be awarded to projects focused in several areas: conservation and restoration of rivers, coasts, wetlands, forests, and grasslands; connecting landscapes and wildlife corridors; increasing resilience to coastal flooding, drought, and other climate impacts; and expanding access to the outdoors.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/the-white-house-just-launched-a-huge-conservation-initiative/

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1. Cool.

I hope that expanding access to the outdoors includes educating people about the places they go to in order to access the outdoors along with improving the outdoors in their immediate vicinity.

Recent "get outdoors" initiatives and programs did more to degrade our wild lands and wildlife habitat than anything meant to be beneficial. That whole situation has to change. The general valuation of our natural environment is appalling.