Policy Strategies

**Indicates bipartisan support

Direct 30×30 Support

• Michigan SR 0072 / HR 0025 (Introduced, 2021)**
  • Urges the Governor to establish a statewide 30×30 goal and to update the state land management plan accordingly.
• Illinois HB 3928 – (Passed, 8/27/21)**
  • Creates the Illinois Thirty-By-Thirty Conservation Task Force, which will make recommendations regarding conservation of Illinois land and implementation of the 30×30 goal.
• Nevada AJR 3 – (Passed Senate, 2021)
  • Expresses support for various actions related to implementing 30×30 in Nevada. 

Funding Mechanisms

• Maryland SB 457 (Enacted, 2020)**
  • Creation of “Resilience Authorities” that allow local governments to fund climate infrastructure and resilience, including developing green space, stormwater infrastructure, and floodplains. 

Land Protection/Reforestation

• Maryland HB 991 (Enacted, 2021)
  • Funds planting of five million trees over the next 10 years, and allows jurisdictions to continue “conservation banking” to meet reforestation requirements.
• Rhode Island SB 172 (Enacted, 2021)
  • Creates a voluntary mechanism for municipalities to use to dedicate a park, conservation or other land they own as public trust land in perpetuity to protect and preserve its future use.

Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Restoration 

• Massachusetts H. 1002 (Introduced, 2021)
  • By 2030, would designate at least 30% of all Wildlife Management areas lands as Wildlife Management Area Nature Reserves according to criteria that prioritizes ongoing carbon capture and storage and encompasses wetlands.
• Lawns to Legumes – (Ongoing Minnesota Program)
  • Offers a combination of workshops, coaching, planting guides and cost-share funding for installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential lawns.

Outdoor Equity and Access

• Colorado HB 1318 (Enacted, 2021)**
  • Outdoor Equity Grant Program: Supports organizations providing outdoor education and recreation opportunities for Colorado’s underserved youth; funded at $3 million per year. 
  • Piloted first in NM (SB 462, Enacted, 2019) as part of their Division of Outdoor Recreation
• Virginia HB 1928 (Enacted, 2021)**
  • Provides expanded access to VA’s easement program and tools to document and preserve historic African American Sites in VA
• No Child Left Inside Program – Minnesota SF 1293 & Washington SB 5147 (Both Enacted, 2021)**
  • Varies state to state; Broad goal: grant program to provide under-served youth with quality opportunities to experience the natural world.

Habitat Connectivity

• Florida SB 976 (Passed, 2021)
  • Formally recognizes the 18 million acre Florida Wildlife Corridor and establishes various goals to conserve it, including the implementation of wildlife crossings. 
• Virginia SB 1290 (Passed, 2021) 
  • Creates a data-driven geographical model to identify potential conservation areas that would provide benefits to Virginia residents. 
• Colorado SJR 21 (Passed, 2021)**
  • Encourages state agencies to collect additional wildlife movement data and create a plan for improving habitat connectivity for native species, as well as establish a working group aimed at wildlife corridor policy development.

Marine Protection and Management

• Hawaii HB 1019 – (Enacted, 2021)
  • Establishes a fund to help implement Hawaii’s 30×30 marine management goals
• ConnecticutHJR 53 (Introduced, 2021)
  • Long Island Sound Blue Plan: Implements a science-based planning tool that integrates all environmental, recreational and commercial uses of the Sound.
• Illinois SB 1352 (Introduced, 2019)
  • Wetlands Protection Act: requires extensive wetlands protection measures, from classifying wetlands under protection, a permitting system for activities on or near wetlands, and creating a Wetlands Advisory Committee.

Additional Tools

• HawaiiHB 1020 (Enacted, 2021) – Adaptive Management Strategy
  • Authorizes the board of land and natural resources (BLNR) to implement effective and adaptive management measures in response to rapidly changing resource conditions.
• MinnesotaSF 1124 (See Section 23) (Enacted, 2017) – Land Back Strategy
  • The Minnesota Historical Society officially returned 114 acres along the Minnesota River bluffs to the Lower Sioux Indian Community.
• Hawaii HR 139 (Enacted, 2021) – Co-Management Strategy
  • Recognizes the request for a long term water lease between the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Wai’oli Valley Taro Hui, a community group.