Opinion: Biden administration has a plan for conserving our future

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 1, 2022

In May 2021 President Joe Biden announced a significant goal for his administration. To slow extinctions, mitigate climate change and ensure equitable access to the outdoors, the president has embraced a plan to conserve 30 percent of U.S. land and 30 percent of its ocean waters by 2030. Known as “30 x 30,” which is included in his America the Beautiful program, it is perhaps the most ambitious commitment to conservation by a U.S. president. Today, protecting land is important for at least three reasons: the global extinction crisis, climate change and that not everyone has access to the outdoors. Since all three disrupt the earth and its people, land protection offers a remedy. ~ The Rev. Richard Killmer, Yarmouth