HCR 2024
Initials PAB Page 1 Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HCR2024: 30x30 land program; opposing
Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 14
Committee on Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Overview
Declares the Legislature's opposition to the 30 by 30 program and other efforts to set aside public
lands from development and the Legislature's support for managing these lands under the
principles of multiple use and sustained yield.
History
Executive Order 14008
On January 27, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14008, which directed various
federal agencies to take actions to address climate change. Section 216 in this order instructed
the Secretary of Interior, in consultation with other federal agencies, to submit a report
recommending steps the federal government could take to work with stakeholders to conserve at
least 30% of lands and waters in the United States by 2030 (30 by 30 program). This report also
needed to propose guidelines for determining which lands and waters would qualify for
conservation. It was published in May 2021.
Multiple Use and Sustained Yield
Multiple use and sustained yield are principles enshrined in federal law that govern decisions on
how to utilize lands overseen by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. These
principles generally mean judiciously and flexibly managing these lands and associated resources
to meet the present and long-term needs of the American people without permanently impairing
the land’s productivity or environmental quality while achieving and maintaining a consistently
high-level of output of the lands’ various renewable resources (16 U.S.C. § 529 et seq. and 43
U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.).
Provisions
1. Declares that the Legislature opposes:
a) the 30 by 30 program or any similar program that sets aside and prevents the use of
lands in Arizona; and
b) designating public lands and national forests in Arizona as wilderness, wilderness study
areas, wildlife preserves, open spaces or other conservation lands and acquiring private
lands from unwilling landowners. (Sec. 1)
2. Declares that the Legislature supports:
a) legislation ending the 30 by 30 program and other similar programs;
b) managing public lands and the national forests under the principles of multiple use and
sustained yield;
c) the federal government's coordination with state and local land use plans and land
management policies; and
d) protecting private property and honoring state rights. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note