We are facing extraordinary challenges that demand swift and bold action. Three-fourths of the planet’s lands and two-thirds of its ocean areas have already been significantly altered by human activities—and on our current trajectory we risk losing so much more. Failure to act urgently to protect our lands and waters will put over a million plants and animals at risk of extinction, many within decades.

Fortunately, there’s a plan.

During his first weeks in office, President Biden established the first-ever national conservation goal to meet the scale of the crises facing climate and nature – and ensure all Americans have access to the outdoors—by conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. 

30x30 is a bold commitment for nature that requires immediate action. 

Now, it’s your turn to speak up. After a year of planning, the government wants to hear from all those who use and love our lands and waters. 

Urge the Biden Administration to prioritize conservation measures that protect biodiversity, tackle the climate crisis, and provide equitable access to nature for every American. 

Add your name below to stand up for protecting the ocean!

• We support the Biden Administration's first ever national conservation goal to conserve 30 percent of lands, waters, and ocean by 2030 to protect nature and ourselves.
• We support the Administration's focus to conserve 30% of lands, waters, and ocean by 2030 while improving access to nature for ALL people, including communities of color & economically disadvantaged communities.
• We urge the Biden Administration to immediately identify ocean conservation actions that will produce outcomes for climate resilience and mitigation and protecting biodiversity. This includes immediately taking action to develop highly and fully protected marine spaces, representative of a diversity of habitat and geography.
• America the Beautiful Initiative must evaluate and measure progress towards the distinct goals of biodiversity conservation and equitable access to nature. These are both important and worthy goals. Often, nature protection and access to nature can complement one another, but the solutions to each of these challenges may look different and should be tracked separately. 
• America the Beautiful Initiative must fully address environmental justice and the necessity for a much more equitable distribution of nature’s benefits to ALL people, including communities of color and overburdened communities.