Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) continues to have a vested interest in the Selkirk area, having funded Idaho Fish & Game's Selkirk Grizzly Bear Education and Law Enforcement Project in the amount of $4,650 for this year. Vital Ground continues to have their hand in it as well. Here is one IDFG bear project for the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak area from 2015-2020.
Nothing like buying a state agency. According to Jody Hilty, Y2Y president, and serves as Deputy Chair of the IUCN Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group, this area continues to be a target for its connectivity agenda.
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Similar to Germans infiltrating American lines during WWII, private property owners are being targeted with renewed tactics to manipulate and bribe them into accepting and practicing conservation goals outlined in the current administration's non-authorized 30x30 plan. In fact, behind the scenes groups have been working on this for some time. As a Republic, we have a form of government where elected officials are responsible and accountable to listen to the constituents who elected them. It is time to stop the government infiltration by these groups, bring elected officials back into line, and use our Republic to incapacitate these new tactics. For several years non-governmental organizations (NGO) have recognized their failings in trying to flaunt their elite intelligence onto the masses, instead alienating them. The new tactic is "listening" to landowners, to engage them to join hands. In this report one such failure is discussed by blaming the "crazy people" for protecting their community, then deciding new messaging was needed by using people the community "trusts" to deliver the message. The hidden agenda doesn't change however. With 30x30 the objective is to now "Honor Private Property Rights”, Support the Voluntary Stewardship Efforts of Private Landowners", and "Support Locally Led and Locally Designed Conservation Efforts". The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) is a free market environmentalism think tank with the absurd notion that it will protect property rights while working with governments and NGOs on policy. Hmmm, isn't protection of property rights in the Constitution and by law? What it really means is that they are targeting private property owners to engage, that is manipulate, bribe and in some cases threaten, to buy into their ludicrous plan for those owners to conserve their own land. As always, there will be an economic cost to either the property owner or the taxpayer. This ruse is really a manipulated variation on conservation easements that stop land development in perpetuity while expanding the opportunity for the wealthy to make money. But, let's get down to the dirt. PERC and other NGOs developed a way in which to "listen" and empathize with private land owners, one such case was in Wyoming. The focus has shifted from safety issues to an "opportunity" issue for "conserving" beloved wildlife and land. In gaining that trust and acceptance, the perpetrators then have the opportunity to present their "free market" solutions. In reality, this is all a devised scam to engage land owners into the America the Beautiful 30x30 plan, expanding land protection to 30% by 2030. The addition of private property to this conservation total is the goal, while also stopping any development and landowners in migration corridors are a particular target. Right now Paradise Valley in Montana is the target but it is a framework that could certainly be used in Idaho. After citizens were carefully surveyed several recommendations were crafted for new messaging and buy in tactics. Landowner Coordination and Outreach
In this video, National Wildlife Federation President & CEO Collin O'Mara; Nature Conservancy Chief External Affairs Officer Lynn Scarlett; ConservAmerica Brent Fewell; and PERC CEO Brian Yablonski discuss using private land for conservation to meet the 30x30 goal of 30% of land in conservation by 2030. In the discussion it is noted that private land owners are typically the best stewards of land and 2/3 of species rely on that habitat but the focus should be on how land is managed on a large scale, that is no recognition of jurisdictional boundaries. In one haughty opinion, if this land isn't counted towards conservation it "will lead to working lands not working". Do these people even listen to themselves? At least there was some honesty, it was acknowledged that there is concern that without conservation on private land there will be "more development and fragmentation". This is the strongest clue that these proposed conservation "tools" include some restricted use in perpetuity, similar to a conservation easement. Property owners must be lead to believe this is an opportunity and connect the environment with economics. A broad portfolio of "tools" are needed to entice landowners to participate such as habitat leasing, state tax benefits, and using state SWAP plans for species of greatest conservation need on private land. Ms. Scarlett spoke to investments in the carbon market, conserving land for sequestration, and working with investors for improved water quality. This coming from a woman who works for an outfit that buys land to forever put into non-use or sell to the government. Mr. Yablonski noted they want to "make sure landowners keep doing what they are doing" and "prevent land being switched over to development". Ahh, there it is, the truth. So again another clue that landowners engaging in this conservation ruse would lose rights to development. And in his opinion, NGOs should be allowed to bid on oil & gas leasing, not currently allowed, to prevent extraction of any resources and "they have the money to do that". However, there were several compelling statements in this video. Mr. Yablonski pronounced that private land put into conservation "will be key to making 30x30 a success" and "how those land owners are approached will be a huge deal". Ms. Scarlett boldly stated "We can design the conservation future." Mr. O’Mara identified the need to "get the next generation on board...as the baby boomers are dying out", and this is a "regional canvas" of land for conservation, again ignoring jurisdictional boundaries. He then admitted that the NWF was "involved in the discussions" on 30x30. The NWF is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature which also has the 30x30 plan. Maybe it is the IUCN playbook being used for this scam.
Currently there is no policy on these objectives as PERC is a think tank that sits back and creates these scams; however a policy wouldn't be needed for these groups to take action on some of the recommendations. For landowners with large acreages this will be an incremental loss of land for development and use, potentially putting areas in Idaho perpetual state of conservation. Since these groups are unable to take land for migration corridors and other protections, it will be accomplished through private land ownership. The working group recommendation will be with private land owners only. But never believe that as partners, the government isn't actively working with NGOs and promoting their objectives. Being pulled into government plans is also another mechanism by which property rights will essentially be run by the government as in the case of SWAP. However, do form a working group of citizens, who live in the county. Create your own development plans for your area and what citizens want for these issues. Develop relationships with both county commissioners and council members, they are accountable to you, not NGOs or the state government. If these elected officials reject citizen input, start a campaign to remove them and find candidates who understand their responsibility to those who elected them. Do not engage with any surveys or enticements with economic goodies. Develop relationships with your state representatives and keep an eye on these issues possibly coming up for legislation. Let your representative know that all of these objectives are opposed. The bottom line is that Idaho citizens have always been the best stewards and experts over their land and wildlife, and will continue to do so because of their love of both. Yet these outsiders think they have to intervene in this expertise and change it into a money making scheme with strings attached. Property owners can share between themselves what they are doing for wildlife without any outside perks or requirements. Keep them out, let them know they will be opposed, and that their guidance and schemes are not wanted. Other videos by PERC can be found here. With the current administration promoting its America the Beautiful plan there will be a renewed effort by non-governmental organizations (NGO) to pursue as much land as possible for conservation in meeting the 30x30 objectives laid out in the plan. That goal is conserving 30% of land and oceans in the United States by 2030. NGOs are clamoring over each other to get on board.
NGOs in Idaho are notorious for presenting themselves as "collaborators" with Idaho citizens when in truth they favor NGO members from other groups, allow individuals outside of jurisdictional boundaries to participate in decisions that should be made only by citizens within a jurisdiction, dismiss citizen input, re-frame ideas to hide what is really being done, while all along playing a game of we are getting along and being inclusive of all opinions. Starting at the top with organizations that are umbrellas for smaller NGOs in order for those smaller NGOs to hide their comradery on objectives without coming out and actually saying they are supporting them, there are a few with massive power and money. The Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC) is global, run by Gary Tabor who has his fingers in most other NGOs, with bigger partners, even legislators, that help advance the cause. One such partner is the Salazar Center that recently held a symposium on the 30x30 plan that included government officials, Al Gore, global conservation groups, and other countries. Fiscally sponsored by CLLC, another front group for smaller NGOs is the Network for Landscape Conservation (NLC) which includes the federal government, foundations, and universities as partners. The Salazar Center Director is on the Coordinating Committee, along with Gary Tabor, and representatives from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife (USFW) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS). NLC was also recently part of a rally that included discussions on 30x30. Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) is a large NGO that participates in and supports 30x30 as a partner to the above groups, along with more global entities, and covers transboundary objectives by mirroring Canada Target 1. It captures many of the smaller NGOs through partnerships such as the Idaho Conservation League (ICL), Idaho Wildlife Federation (IWF), Henry's Fork Wildlife Alliance (HFWA), High Divide Collaborative (HDC), Salmon Valley Stewardship (SVS), and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) (as a side note Y2Y wanted to tear up a treasured mountain pass with wildlife overpasses even though the vehicle collision numbers did not justify it. Manipulating data is part of the Y2Y methodology). And yes, contrary to the statements made in the above report, along with CLLC and Gary Tabor, Y2Y is a member of the United Nations International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which supports 30x30. However, it is never enough for the UN and IUCN, even Y2Y, eventually this call for conservation will expand to 50%. All of these smaller Idaho NGOs support the 30x30 objectives that drain down to them from the upper echelon in the larger NGOs, without ever having to voice that support, giving the appearance of no involvement. These small NGOs are just as much of a threat to Idahoans as any larger group and money is poured not only into these groups directly but also into the larger groups that feed that money down to the smaller ones. There are many others not mentioned here all working to accomplish the lofty goal of 30x30 which will eventually explode to 50x50. Plus, there is always the extremely wealthy groups like the Wyss Foundation that has already increased its contribution to $1.5 billion to conserve 30% of the land and giving grants to NGOs such as Y2Y. State Senators Rabe and Wintrow, Representative Necochea, a few city council members and commissioners, and even Mayor McLean support 30x30. As Western Caucus members both Rep. Russ Fulcher and Rep. Mike Simpson are questioning the motives behind the 30x30 plan while Sen. Risch and Sen. Crapo have created an alternative plan based on "western conservation principles". That is almost as vague as the 30x30 plan and includes "non-federal partners", code word for NGOs. A lame study by the American Center for Progress (CAP), using the IUCN World Database on Protected Areas and PAD-US, determined only 12% of land was protected. The 12% includes land that is currently under protection so that means another 18%, or 437 million additional acres, will be pursued for protection, more than twice the size of Texas. HR1755, HR803, and SB192 are all sitting in Congress, ready to take more land for non-use in the 30x30 scam. So what can be done? How can these NGOs be thwarted in their strategic plans? First, always remember that our Republic was founded on the principles of local government and jurisdictional boundaries. Idaho has 44 counties with as many jurisdictional boundaries. Every activity that occurs within those boundaries are determined by county commissioners, elected by the citizens of those counties. They must answer to you, not the federal government, not the state, not to NGOs, or to citizens who live outside of the county. Commissioners are accountable to the constituents who elected them. This is the same with cities. If an NGO group moves into the area to start forming their prefabricated groups for "collaboration", create your own group made up only of county citizens. Whatever the issue is, citizen groups should be the ones who are making the decisions, not NGO members or individuals from other counties. Make sure your Commissioners understand they are accountable to you for the decisions they make. If they do not comply with your decision effectively initiate a campaign to remove them from office. Understand the law at both a state and federal level. One of the striking problems we have now is that governments at all jurisdictions tend to not follow the law. Violations in following the law have occurred at the state and federal level so there is no reason it doesn't also occur at the county or city level. It might be the responsibility of the group to divide those laws up for researching as it can be quite cumbersome, and dry. But the more citizens understand the law, the better it is in holding the elected officials accountable. In the process they may even learn something they didn't know. These groups are a threat to Idaho sovereignty. Do not let these NGO groups advance this agenda, hold your ground, do not engage with them. Use your knowledge of the land as experts to develop conservation measures. Those days of NGOs controlling the narrative are over, it is crunch time. With the help of this federal administration these NGOs have found new footing to come back with a vengeance and have new money to attack. Idahoans have already tolerated enough from the federal government on land issues, from poor forest management to expanded non-use. These renewed threats are significant. It is time to stop this forward movement now and it can be done within the boundaries of laws, but citizen authority must be exercised. This was an Idaho Fish & Game meeting held in 2015 where the discussion centered around the primary cause of Elk loss was due to the wolf populations. Wolves are not the fluffy, lovable creatures whose place in the wild should be protected as non governmental organizations want you to believe. As pointed out in this video wolves have been annihilating Elk and will continue to do so if not managed more aggressively. The video sound is not great at times but has very important information. The Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021, H.R. 803, also known as Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, was just passed by the House in Congress and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources by the Senate. This bill includes eight previous individual measures for public land and water protections in Arizona, Colorado, California, and Washington, a total of 1.49 million acres of public land and more than 1,000 river miles. 1.2 million acres of public land would also be withdrawn from new oil and gas and mining claims. A revision recommendation was made by the Committee on Rules that would require affected county approval for potential wilderness or wilderness designations in this Act to take effect. This was voted down. What does all of this have to do with Idaho? It foretells what is to come. On January 27, 2021 the White House released a "Fact Sheet" that described a series of Executive Orders (EO) that would "tackle the climate crisis" in the world, create jobs, and restore "scientific integrity" in the federal government. Under the Advance Conservation, Agriculture, and Reforestation section, the EO commits to conserving 30 percent of land and oceans by 2030 in the U.S.. Some reference this section as the 30 x 30 order. While the Fact Sheet only gives a superficial look at orders, it is EO 14008 that identifies more specifically the massive changes being executed without any federal legislation. According to National Geographic, and others, the belief is that prohibiting use of land will fight climate change and protect millions of species. To reach the 30 percent conservation target, one projection states 440 million acres will need protection, a land mass twice the size of Texas. Needless to say, this is really the initiative of some large, well funded, non-governmental organizations (NGO) such as World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy, and United Nations Foundation. For those who aren't aware, Hansjörg Wyss, a billionaire who lives in Jackson, Wyoming, previously committed one billion dollars to conserving the same 30 x 30 in his Campaign for Nature program. These conservation groups identify three areas for conservation that includes protecting ecosystems, conserving species, and restoring habitats, just short of removing all humans. But this isn't just about public land, it includes private land as well. The 30 x 30 target will require improving conservation on private land which is about 60-70% in the U.S., and approximately 30% in Idaho. Using the Antiquities Act, a stroke of a pen would also create National Monuments that includes whatever land is contained in that area while restoring previous National Monument acreage has already begun. The National Park Service is also eyeing land they want to buy while the U.S. Forest Service is already buying land. Plans for bringing in "stakeholders", meaning Tribal members, ranchers, farmers, rural communities, and others to talk about putting land into conservation are already being made. Traditional farming practices will also be targeted, transforming those practices to ones that are "climate smart", meaning methods that involve carbon reduction and sequestration, a science that isn't completely proven. Targeting farmers and ranchers is deliberate because of food production and getting those cows out of the way. 30 x 30 isn't just an order about conserving land, there are other components to it as well including energy, infrastructure, technology, education, the workforce, public health, and other topics. but primarily it is an expansion of the federal government and its control. Ken Ivory, former Utah representative, and who has been involved in land issues, created a slide presentation, found at the bottom of this link, that breaks down the 30 x 30 impacts and other EO 14008 directives. Although the PowerPoint centers around Utah, it is applicable to every state. In the first few slides NGOs from across the United States supporting 30 x 30 are listed. Spearheaded by the Biological Center for Diversity, these groups presented a "Climate President" Action Plan and model executive order to the president-elect before even being confirmed. The National Emergencies Act (NEA), Clean Air Act, and Defense Production Act (DPA) were used as a basis for declaring a climate emergency, and to mobilize production of renewables. It even suggests using defense money to fund renewable energy projects. Other matters contained in the 2019 proposed Action Plan include rejoining the Paris Agreement and rejection of solutions by "polluters" with a direct move to only renewable forms of energy. By all appearances, these groups are getting shat they want, this is our new representative form of government. Looking at EO 14008, Section 214 (pg 7626) covers conservation by creating union jobs, and a Civilian Climate Corps for the purposes of tackling climate change by conserving and restoring public lands at a possible cost of 40 billion dollars with a renewed act. Other components include increasing reforestation and carbon sequestration in agriculture at a possible higher cost, and improving access to recreation. How will accessing recreation while protecting land from use work at the same time? On the next page, 7627, the order calls for bringing folks together to propose guidelines for determining whether lands and waters qualify for conservation that meet the 30 x 30 goal. Those other unidentified "stakeholders" are conservation groups, they will be at the same table since it is all their idea in the first place. Other parts to EO 14008 include how the United States can work with the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund to promote financing programs, economic stimulus packages, and debt relief initiatives; protect the Amazon rainforest; advance sustainable development; align the management of Federal procurement and real property, public lands and waters; ratify the Kigali Amendment; create a National Climate Task Force; catalyze private sector investment into domestic clean energy, buildings, and vehicles; achieve carbon pollution-free electricity sector no later than 2035; implement zero-emission vehicles for Federal, State, local, and Postal Service vehicles; increase renewable energy production on public and Tribal land; redistribute wealth with 40 percent of the overall benefits flowing to disadvantaged communities; and hold polluters accountable. There is also a push for environmental justice. Overall, this EO is loaded with expansion of government, government employees, government control, decimation of freedom to choose how we live, predetermine jobs, and loss of local jurisdictional control, what is now our representative form of government. The U.S. Forest Service is on the game, already proposing rangeland management directives that dictates succession planning to phase out family operations and "destocking herds", conservation easements, and land use planning for agriculture with designating agricultural land trusts. Estate planning and acting as a land trust are now non-constitutional government roles. This is how the government operates now, even here in Idaho. Someone decides they have a plan to change, improve, or control our lives and just proceeds to do it. No following of law or procedure is allowed. It seems apparent that the reason these officials keep getting elected is because enough Americans have been indoctrinated into believing this is the direction America must take. That is how they keep getting into office. As long as Idahoans believe this is the right trajectory for our state, and refuse to understand the long term implications of what is really being done, Idaho will continue to move forward with this globalist agenda. As seen by one of Ken Ivory's slides, Idaho will be completely subsumed into this 30 x 30 agenda, meeting the Wildlands Network Western Wildway objective. The Center for Biological Diversity Action Plan is in effect by an EO. Governor Little doesn't even understand the Constitutional limitations of the federal government as outlined in the first few pages of this Western Governors Association document. He sees it as a buddy relationship that allows interference and influence in state sovereignty. Just keep that money flowing to the state with the strings attached and the backing of those who he really represents. As long as Idahoans believe this is the right direction, without understanding or even wanting to know the long term implications, we will continue to lose our freedom and rights.
The United States Forest Service (USFS) now considers itself an estate planner and a land trust service. In a notice posted January 25 the following rangeland management directives will have proposed changes including:
Succession Planning / Recognized Entities
Conservation Oriented Flexibilities
In other words, it will phase out grazing, family run operations, livestock, take over estate planning, and set up a trust that allows farmers to continue their work or force them into a conservation easement. The comment period on this federal tyranny can be found here. The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has released its draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program (ITIP). This lists proposed projects for the next seven years (FY21-27), and includes programmed improvements to highways, bicycle routes, airports, pedestrian projects, freight, safety projects, bridges and public transportation. It is an opportunity for the public to comment on transportation projects in the state.
All projects in District 1 can be found here. So far it appears projects in the Panhandle include only road repairs, upgrades, and bridge repairs. In this document, Benewah, Bonner, and Boundary transportation projects are listed. Again, there does not appear to be any references to wildlife overpasses. However, Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) is keeping its eye on ITD. "Now is the perfect time for Idaho to make mitigation for wildlife a priority in the project’s initial planning, budgeting and engineering process." Reference is made to the 2018 Idaho Fish & Game (IDFG) migration corridors action plan that is based only on a Department of Interior (DOI) Secretarial Order (SO) 3362. There is no federal or state law that endorses this action even though Congress continually tries to pass legislation to support wildlife corridors. In the IDFG plan the Panhandle Complex is specifically mentioned for priority corridors beginning on page 19, including the area between the Selkirk, Cabinet, and Purcell mountains from the Canadian border south along the Kootenai River and US95 corridor and east along US2 to the Montana state border. Y2Y is at it again, they will be interfering with local jurisdictional authority and citizens to push their agenda for wildlife overpasses. Citizens in the Northern Idaho Panhandle area need to keep an eye on these transportation projects and watch for insertion of wildlife overpasses into the projects. Also keep an eye on Y2Y buddying up to ITD as was done in Island Park on the Targhee Pass project. Advocate early for preventative measures to reduce wildlife vehicle collisions, there are plenty of them. Let ITD know where you stand. The Idaho Panhandle Bees to Bears Climate Adaptation Project is a partnership program between Idaho Fish & Game (IDFG) with their pals Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y). This project, which began in 2017, just happens to sit right smack dab in the middle of Y2Y's Cabinet-Purcell mountain corridor near the Canadian border. The purpose of this project is to conserve and build 250 acres of lowland habitats for bees, bears, and slugs. The area they are working is the Boundary-Smith Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
While Evan DeHamer, IDFG biologist, claims WMAs "are meant for public use and are focused on hunting, trapping and fishing", that isn't exactly true. This particular WMA is limited to foot traffic only with no non-motorized vehicles or non-motorized boats, no camping, and day use picnic areas are only in certain portions of the area. Another interesting goal of the project is "to improve landscape resiliency for six Species of Greatest Conservation Need". Those species, which are considered in need of protection, are "possibly" being used to justify further protection as a result of this project. Time will tell. Bottom line is it is part of the Y2Y agenda for connectivity as it is "a critical trans-boundary link" connecting wildlife into Canada. After completing so much work in this WMA, why would Y2Y ever possibly think about allowing any use, after all, once restored it will have to be protected, especially those species of greatest conservation need. They also see this as a "pathway" to restoring Grizzly bears to Central Idaho's Salmon-Selway-Bitterroot area, another area for their connectivity agenda. Don't be fooled by this project, it is all part of the connectivity agenda, and IDFG is very much a part of it. For those who are not familiar with the Cabinet-Purcell Collaborative, below is a video by Kim Trotter, US Yellowstone to Yukon Program Director, Candace Batycki, Yellowstone to Yukon British Columbia & Yukon Program Director, and Lacy Robinson, Cabinet-Purcell project coordinator discussing this Yellowstone to Yukon agenda. Lacy Robinson has been replaced by Jessie Grossman as the current Cabinet-Purcell Mountain Corridor Project Coordinator. |
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