Know Your Rights vs Summit Carbon Solutions as they Conspire with the State
June 18, 2023 – as Summit Carbon Solutions, a regional company of which is incorporated with the goal to reduce carbon, while partnering with States, alongside the Ethanol Companies to lower our emissions all across the state.
If you read the numerous letters from their partners, their goal is 100% to reduce emissions, extract millions of bushels of corn from the region, to encourage, and work with the ethanol companies to increase the dependency of ethanol, while moving to help promote, and encourage the use of electric vehicles.
The goal of the company is to capture as much carbon within the region, with the goal to hold it, for as long as they possibly can, before it is released into the atmosphere, but in order to do this, they have to build a pipeline across several states, including South Dakota, in order to extract, and capture it, to place it in their ‘system’.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a way of reducing carbon emissions, which could be key to helping to tackle global warming. It’s a three-step process, involving: capturing the carbon dioxide produced by power generation or industrial activity, such as steel or cement making; transporting it; and then storing it deep underground. Here we look at the potential benefits of CCS and how it works.
According to the International Panel on Climate Change or best known as the IPCC, “if we are to achieve the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and limit future temperature increases to 1.5°C (2.7°F), we must do more than just increasing efforts to reduce emissions – we also need to deploy technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere. CCS is one of these technologies and can therefore play an important role in tackling global warming.”
There are three steps, of this process, in order to achieve the goal of sequestering carbon:
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The CO2 is separated from other gases produced in industrial processes, such as those at coal and natural-gas-fired power generation plants or steel or cement factories.
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The CO2 is then compressed and transported via pipelines, road transport or ships to a site for storage.
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Finally, the CO2 is injected into rock formations deep underground for permanent storage.
Carbon is defined as a nonmetallic chemical element with atomic number 6 that readily forms compounds with many other elements and is a constituent of organic compounds in all known living tissues. Forests, plants and natural lands can help absorb and store excess carbon from the atmosphere
Companies such as Uber introducing a new service designed to reduce carbon emissions by encouraging greater use of electric and hybrid vehicles for airport pickups, and while the City of Sioux Falls, led by Mayor Paul TenHaken have rejected the sustainability plan, and the matter of reducing carbon emissions to 0% by the year 2050 – it appears to be these large multinational companies willing to invest millions privately to achieve the same result.
The dangers of Sequestering Carbon from the region is that carbon is highly invisible, and is a form of ‘gas’ in its natural state. It forms three gaseous components with the oxygen – carbon monoxide, CO, carbon dioxide, CO2, and carbon suboxide, C3O2.
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Carbon Monoxide, is an odorless, colorless gas formed by the incomplete combustion of fuels. When people are exposed to CO gas, the CO molecules will displace the oxygen in their bodies and lead to poisoning;
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Carbon Dioxide, is a waste product made by the body. Carbon dioxide travels in the blood from the body’s tissues to the lungs;
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Carbon Suboxide, is a gas having an extremely unpleasant odor and having the structure of a ketene O=C=C=C=O prepared by pyrolysis of biacetyl-tartaric anhydride or by dehydration of malonic acid,
What worries many of the Landowners, Property Holders throughout South Dakota, is the dangers of capturing Carbon across, and near their lands – Pipelines can leak or rupture; compressed CO2 is highly hazardous upon release and can result in the asphyxiation of humans and animals. Underground storage poses additional risks, such as potential leakage, contamination of drinking water, and stimulation of seismic activity.
With South Dakota, being largely a huge, expansive agricultural “State of People”, many farmers, landowners, and property holders throughout many of the counties where the pipeline will be built, are vocally speaking out in large numbers, against such a pipeline being built.
Is South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem in support of, or against the Summit Carbon Solutions Pipeline? We do not know, she has repeatedly refused to meet with, and hold meetings with S.D Farmers, Landowners, and Property Holders of whom would be the most affected by the pipeline itself.
According to an article posted by Cory Heidelberger, of the Dakota Free Press, Since the July 2021 letter, Summit Carbon has filed more than 81 eminent domain lawsuits in 10 South Dakota counties against farmers who refuse to voluntarily sign easement agreements with the company. The company is trying to intimidate people, acting without permits, and that is what is upsetting so many of the people, cause they are planning land surveys, and other duties upon lands of which are held and owned by private citizens of the “State”, of which ‘we’ have adopted trespassing laws here in South Dakota.
In a previous article by Allen Stein of the Epoch Times:
On their way to attend their niece’s wedding in July 2021, fourth-generation farmer Ed Fischbach of Mellette, South Dakota, and his wife made a quick stop to check the mailbox. His wife reached inside, pulling out a handful of letters. Within the small pile was an envelope from a company she had never heard of—Summit Carbon Solutions. She opened the letter and began reading it. “Dear landowner,” the letter began innocently enough. But as she continued reading, her jaw nearly dropped. The Iowa-based company described plans to build a massive carbon capture pipeline across five midwestern states in the letter. The 1,400-mile pipeline would transport carbon dioxide under high pressure, produced by ethanol and biofuel refineries, for burial in North Dakota. The goal would be to reduce the region’s carbon footprint to protect the environment. The Fischbachs then learned that the pipeline would travel through some of the most productive areas of the 1,400-acre property that has been in their family for decades.
Many South Dakota Citizens, many of whom are farmers, ranchers, landowners, are very much opposed to this carbon sequestration being formed on their land, or near their land, for many of the same reasons mentioned here. And they are acting fast, within their counties, attempting to get the county commissions to act in their favor, let alone convince the S.D Governor, Kristi Noem to come to their defense, but until now, ‘she’ has been quiet.
Which begs to ask the question, “Is the silence from governors all across America, presenting to the people, that they are in fact in bed with the Global Agenda of reducing our carbon emissions to nearly 0% by the year 2050, despite the fact that people in countless communities, and local subdivisions are taking a stand against such policy?
These companies, such as Summit Carbon Solutions are in bed with the Global Agenda, connected to the Paris Agreement, all of which are being funded by the United States Government, of whom are supplying billions of dollars of federal grants, monies, and other subsidies helping these companies bring forth, lawsuits, fights against private landowners, property holders, and yes, our ‘farmers’.
There seems to be this great conspiracy brewing here in America, led by the Federal Government, contracting together with these companies, of whom are promising great riches, and profits to the 50 State Governors, that even these governors are being silenced in the process of scheming property holders out of their land, lands of which have been in their family ancestors for not only decades, but centuries. And, once they get that easement, nothing is stopping them. They’ve got the politicians—all the governors in these states are all on board with them. They’ve got our federal people who are on board or won’t touch it, and that means, there is a conspiracy to deceive, and steal land from the very people themselves who have owned their land for centuries.
Keep in mind, much of the land held inside the borders of South Dakota were first settled, claimed, and held by American Settlers of whom came here between 1830 to 1880, during a period in time, under the 1841 Preemption Act and the 1862 Homestead Acts. Under those settlement acts, these Americans have held land patents (or warrants), giving to them the right to own, control, and self govern their land for as long as they so choose, as long as they held the land patents…
The South Dakota Constitution even alludes to this fact under Article 22, Section 2 of which reads as follows:
That we, the people inhabiting the state of South Dakota, do agree and declare that we forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundary of South Dakota, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States; and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said state shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents of this state; that no taxes shall be imposed by the state of South Dakota on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States, or reserved for its use. But nothing herein shall preclude the state of South Dakota from taxing as other lands are taxed any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relation and has obtained from the United States, or from any person a title thereto by patent or other grant save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation. All such lands which may have been exempted by any grant or law of the United States, shall remain exempt to the extent, and as prescribed by such act of Congress.
That provision, placed within our “Constitution” means, that these lands not held by, or of the “State”, can be taxed, nor controlled, let alone governed by the “State” so long as the American today, still holds full ownership rights to the land itself, let alone have not conveyed the land to the “State” for public use.
The same article, of our constitution also states the obvious “That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of this state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.”
What does the word molested mean under this ruling? An act or instance of interference with or violence against someone – “Under the terms of the citadel’s surrender, the Persions were allowed to pass without molestation through the midst of the Roman army.”
Therefore, as ‘we’ formed the State of South Dakota – ‘we’ have agreed to create the Administration and Religious Centers of operating, and governing over the “land” and the “activities’ upon that land, but ‘we’ also agreed to not allow for anyone, or any company to interfere in the ability of the citizens to lose their person, nor their property rights without due process of law.
The people of the “State” adopted their Bill of Rights, which restricts the “State”, let alone any person or company from abridging their rights…
Article 6 – No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, of which they gave to themselves the right to petition, and of which peaceably, to assemble to consult for the common good and make known their opinions, shall never be abridged, and of which they may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, while being responsible for the abuse of that right, of which in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, when published with good motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense, while the jury of their peers shall have the right to determine the fact and the law under the direction of the court, of which private property shall not be taken for public use, or damaged, without just compensation, which will be determined according to legal procedure established by the Legislature and according to Article 6 of this constitution, and of which No benefit which may accrue to the owner as the result of an improvement made by any private corporation shall be considered in fixing the compensation for property taken or damaged. The fee of land taken for railroad tracks or other highways shall remain in such owners, subject to the use for which it is taken. And finally, All pPolitical Power is inherent in the people, and all free government is founded on their authority, and is instituted for their equal protection and benefit, and they have the right in lawful and constituted methods to alter or reform their forms of government in such manner as they may think proper. And the state of South Dakota is an inseparable part of the American Union and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
While the “State” has the power to take land under eminent domain, under the strict laws adopted by the “People of the State” – this can only be done if the land is to be taken for the exact purpose of ‘economic development’ which is seen to help improve the area around the land, meaning, depressed urban blights, to build a highway, a public utility aka water and sewer, electricity, or a redevelopment purpose of which will create new jobs, and prosperity of the affected area.
One would have to ask themself, is there a direct benefit of the people in the affected areas or regions of which this proposed carbon pipeline is to be built?
Are there any such blights upon the land, are there any depressions within the affected area, and are there any such hazards within the affected area that pose a risk to the surrounding communities, the citizens, let alone the property holders themselves?
The “State” must care for, and protect the Health, Safety, and Properties of the people, first and foremost, and if the proposed pipeline poses a great risk to the surrounding communities, would that not be enough of an argument against allowing the “State” to take the land by eminent domain?
And lastly, under the rules of Eminent Domain, the “State” has to make a fair market value for the land in question, it cannot offer a below market offer, let alone conspire to steal the land from the ‘owner’ of the land itself. Which now begs to ask the greatest question of all – is there a conspiracy in place to take the land by force, by intimidation, by misleading the property holders of the facts, the evidence, the truth?
The company, itself, Summit Carbon Solutions has formed a project of which will build a major pipeline network of which will include the State of North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa, their intent is to sequester as much carbon the region, capture as much as possible to stockpile, and provide energy to all of the Ethanol Plants within the region, which includes South Dakota’s largest Ethanol Producer – Poet Company.
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This pipeline is entering the “State” directly through Lincoln County, and where thousands of landowners, property holders, and farmers have petitioned, and argued against, and questioned the need to take their land, let alone express to their county commissions, politicians the hazards of the pipeline itself.
We are not talking about transporting millions of gallons of oil, despite the risks of any pipeline for that matter, but the risks of a pipeline containing carbon, poses a much greater risk to the health and safety of the ‘Citizens’ of the State of South Dakota, than any of the potential oil spills has on the land itself.
And, below, should present enough evidence to the People of South Dakota, that this is a Global Agenda, led by the United Nations, to conspire with global companies, to steal billions of acres of land from private people, with the agenda to remove “carbon” from our atmosphere by the year 2050.
NEXTGEN BUYS CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL CREDITS FROM SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS IN LANDMARK DEALAMES, IOWA (APRIL 26, 2023) –
SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS, DEVELOPER OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST CARBON REMOVAL PROJECT, ANNOUNCED TODAY IT HAS SIGNED A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT TO SELL CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL CREDITS (CDRS) TO THE NEXTGEN CDR FACILITY (NEXTGEN). IN TOTAL, NEXTGEN ANNOUNCED THE PURCHASE OF 193,000 TONS OF CDRS FROM THREE PROJECTS, INCLUDING A LEADING U.S. DIRECT AIR CAPTURE PROJECT AND A FINNISH BIOCHAR MANUFACTURER, MAKING THIS ONE OF THE LARGEST CDR TRANSACTIONS TO DATE. NEXTGEN IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN SOUTH POLE AND THE MITSUBISHI CORPORATION, AND BACKED BY FOUNDING BUYERS BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, LGT, MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, SWISS RE, AND UBS. NEXTGEN IS CREATING ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIOS OF CDRS, WITH PLANS TO PURCHASE OVER ONE MILLION TONS OF CDRS BY 2025. THE CDRS MUST BE FROM LARGE-SCALE TECHNICAL CARBON REMOVAL PROJECTS AND CERTIFIED UNDER STANDARDS ENDORSED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CARBON REDUCTION AND OFFSET ALLIANCE (ICROA). “WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE NEXTGEN AS THE COUNTERPARTY ON OUR FIRST CDR TRANSACTION,” SAID JIM PIROLLI, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER AT SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS. “THIS TRANSACTION EXEMPLIFIES A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN GLOBAL CARBON MARKETS. SOPHISTICATED CDR INVESTORS ARE LOOKING TO DEPLOY CAPITAL TO VIABLE TECH REMOVAL PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE DELIVERING QUALITY, PERMANENCE, AND SCALE. EVEN WITH MULTI-MEGATON-SCALE PROJECTS LIKE SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS, DEMAND FOR ICROA CERTIFIED TECHNICAL CDRS WILL EXCEED THE AVAILABLE SUPPLY FOR YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.” TO MEET THESE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS, SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS HAS DEVELOPED A METHODOLOGY FOR BIOMASS CARBON REMOVAL AND STORAGE (BICRS), CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITH GOLD STANDARD FOR THE GLOBAL GOALS. GOLD STANDARD IS THE LEADING GLOBAL REGISTRY THROUGH WHICH CDRS ARE VERIFIED AND GENERATED TO ENSURE PROJECT QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ARE MET UNDER ICROA STANDARDS. “OUR CONTINUING WORK WITH GOLD STANDARD ON THE BICRS METHODOLOGY WILL ACCELERATE THE ADOPTION OF ADDITIONAL CCS METHODOLOGIES ACROSS THE GLOBAL CARBON REGISTRIES,” SAID BEN NELSON, DIRECTOR OF CARBON PROGRAMS AT SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS. “THIS FIRST CDR SALE TO NEXTGEN WILL CATALYZE OUR PROJECT AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT CAN MEET THESE STANDARDS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CLIMATE LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE GLOBAL CARBON REMOVAL MARKETPLACE.” “NEXTGEN’S AMBITION TO SCALE THE CDR MARKET HAS TAKEN A MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOLLOWING THE INITIAL PURCHASE COMMITMENTS FROM THREE PROJECTS, WHICH PUTS US ON A CLEAR PATHWAY TO REALIZE OUR TARGET OF 1M DURABLY STORED TONS OF CO2 BY 2030. EACH PROJECT HAS HAD TO SATISFY OUR REQUIREMENTS TO REALIZE SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE IMPACT IN THE NEAR TERM, AND QUALITY REQUIREMENTS TO MEET INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION STANDARDS,” SAYS PHILIP MOSS, GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF TECH CARBON REMOVALS AT SOUTH POLE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, NEXTGEN CDR. “SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS, THE WORLD’S LARGEST TECHNOLOGICAL CDR PROJECT, IS PROVIDING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT SCALE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE BUILD OUT OF THE CARBON REMOVAL INDUSTRY IN THE USA, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION TO REDUCE HISTORIC EMISSIONS AND HELP LIMIT THE GROWING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.” “AT SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS, WE BELIEVE IN THE POSITIVE IMPACT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH WILL HAVE ON PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND CLIMATE SECURITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS,” SAID LEE BLANK, CEO OF SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS. “PEOPLE NOTICE WHEN YOU DO THE RIGHT THINGS THE RIGHT WAY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THE GOLD STANDARD AND NEXTGEN BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING A LARGE CCS PROJECT, BUT THE PARTNERSHIPS SOLIDIFIED BECAUSE OF OUR COMMITMENT TO HOLD OURSELVES TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. SIMILAR TO HOW WE TAKE EXTRA CARE TO BUILD AND OPERATE ACCORDING TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, THIS IS MORE THAN A CDR SALES TRANSACTION; IT IS A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT BY ALL PARTIES TO LEAVE THE PLANET BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT.”
The “People of South Dakota” are asking, they are begging, they are petitioning their Counties, their State Government, to encourage Governor Kristi Noem to hold off, and not allow this company to purchase, or gain any right to create easements upon their land, out of fear of the dangers of extracting carbon from their land, of which may pose future health and safety concerns in the future.
These landowners are pooling their resources together to band together to bring forth lawsuits against not only Summit Carbon Solutions, but the “State of South Dakota” itself, in order to stop the project, let alone keep this company from taking their land, let alone endangering the people of the “State” itself.
If “Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law” – then these landowners, property holders, these farmers have the utmost right to stand firm, in this fight to maintain control of, and keep their land ‘free’ from those of whom pose a grave risk to our communities, let alone our “State”.
This popular legal phrase is an expression meaning that ownership is easier to maintain if a person has possession of something and difficult to enforce if a person does not. For example, the shoes you’re wearing are presumed to be yours, unless someone can prove otherwise. Modern possession laws originated from ancient Roman doctrines and were later brought to the American colonies by the British. Not surprisingly, the historical notions of possession have expanded over time. Depending on how and when it is used, the term possession has a variety of possible meanings. Specifically, possession often plays a critical role in criminal cases involving drugs and weapons.
This is an attempt of the United Nations, the United States Government, led by Joe Biden, and his “World Leaders” to hijack, the sovereignty of the Fifty States, making up America, conspiring with our Governors, and these multinational corporations of whom are committed to promoting, and forcing Climate Change policies on the people, utilizing world policies adopted within the Paris Agreement to steal, take our lands, lands of which have been in our families for decades.
Much of the monies paying for these types of transactions are stemming from the Inflation Reduction Act adopted by Congress in 2022 – of which dumped billions of dollars into the National Economy with the goal of raising tax revenues to Restructure Urban Forestry Development in the United States in the name of Land Conservation.
Congress, led by the U.S House of Representatives adopted what is billed as a “Inflation Reduction Act” is in reality, a revenue plan to restructure, redevelop, and curb fossil fuel production in the spirit of becoming less dependent on natural gases. The goal behind the legislation is to provide to States, Local Governments, Tribal Governments, Other Subdivisions, let alone Individuals Federal Grants in order to manage their lands in the name of conserving natural resources. The legislation is nothing more than a list of “pet projects” of the Democrat Party ahead of the 2022 Federal Election.
The law will allow for the Federal Government to add an additional 80,000 I.R.S agents to the payroll, mostly to seek out audit, review, and ensure that these companies participating in the act are fully cooperating, collecting, remitting, and paying the proper assessed taxes to the U.S Treasury. If Americans believe their ‘taxes’ are not going up over the next ten years, they are sadly mistaken, this act is surely a major tax bill.$10,000,000,000 for hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System land within the wildland-urban interface;
$4,000,000,000 for, on a determination made solely by the Secretary that hazardous fuels reduction projects within the wildland-urban interface described in paragraph (1) have been planned to protect, to the extent practicable, at-risk communities, hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System land outside the wildland urban interface that are;
$350,000,000 for National Forest System land management planning and monitoring, prioritized on the assessment of watershed, ecological, and carbon conditions on National Forest System land and the revision and amendment of older land management plans that present opportunities to protect, maintain, restore, and monitor ecological integrity, ecological conditions for at-risk species, and carbon storage;
$50,000,000 to develop and carry out non-lethal activities and tactics to reduce human-wildlife conflicts on National Forest System land;
While Congress is promoting that the ‘act’ alone will not affect Americans who earn less than $400,000 a year, by predominantly increasing the Corporate Excise Tax and removing several tax credits applied to Corporations, the legislation itself has within it several tax rate increases to other Federal Excise Taxes all of which will affect directly, the daily activities of All Americans, such as a tax rate increase on natural resources, energy, telecommunications, while the fuel excise tax will increase.
The Federal Government is promising to the States, Counties, Cities, Tribal Governments, to Private Organizations, to Individuals millions of dollars in Federal Grants in order to help them each fund infrastructure improvements, develop research and development goals, in order to redevelop our farm lands, forestry lands, to investing in clean air, and water services across the country, surely state and local governments will seek out and grab these funds, but at what cost will all this spending have on our future generations?
According to the 2016 Urban Agenda Report – It is time that the NPS strategically organize its many urban parks and programs towards building relevancy for all Americans, to connect with their lives where they live, rather than only where some may spend their vacation. Extraordinary innovation is already out there, with mayors and city leaders, businesses and NGOs all investing in new parks, new park designs, and new ways to engage communities in creating healthy and livable cities. This is an exciting time for the NPS to join in this national movement, to offer our assistance and active participation, to listen to new perspectives and help build communities across the urban landscape. There are pioneers within the National Park Service and many partners pushing us forward to embrace our urban mission as a critical component of our second century. I invite you to engage in this Agenda for the benefit of the National Park Service and especially for the benefit of the people.
By Crafting this Urban Agenda Concept, this Urban Agenda plan is derived from the voices of many National Park Service (NPS) professionals and partners across the nation with deep passion for and experience in engaging with urban America. These voices are represented in this living document and each of us has an opportunity to put these principles into practice in our respective parks, cities, and programs. The principles and priorities of the Agenda originate from those who will utilize it to strengthen the urban parks and communities they serve. The genesis for the Urban Agenda was in 2012 when a small group of NPS leaders met as a caucus at the City Parks Alliance conference in New York City. Together, these leaders identified the foundational elements of the NPS Urban Agenda. That initial group of 39 went on to enlist over 350 people from within and outside NPS, representing almost every state and over 40 park units, to help create the NPS Urban Agenda. This process relied upon highly intentional actions to create channels of connection between urban practitioners. It included multiple modes of communication (websites, face-to-face, webinar, conference call, and social media) and facilitated discussions on key urban topics, beginning with those identified at the initial NPS urban caucus. This Agenda is just the beginning. Continuing to exchange experience and broaden understanding of the full NPS portfolio across departments will help to move the Agenda forward, improve decision making, and enhance problem-solving in times of challenge and change. The team that convened the urban community of practice will continue to provide opportunities to develop skills, curricula, webinars and other opportunities to spread good practice. To activate the Urban Agenda go to: www.nps.gov/urban.
The NPS Urban Agenda recommends an unprecedented strategic alignment of parks, programs and partnerships to leverage the full portfolio of the NPS resources within urban areas, by means of the following strategies:
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Engaging NPS programs in identifying values and strategic interests in their assigned model city through asset mapping processes and other innovative tools to assess opportunities and align resources;
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Building alliances with federal, state and local agencies that help to identify shared goals and accelerate interagency collaboration and complementary action;
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Developing consistent and comparable data resources that define measurable outcomes for evaluating models and sharing results with the national Urban Matters community of practice.
By adopting the “Inflation Reduction Act” – the Federal Government through its means of the many measures written into the law itself, now will implement the Urban Agenda concept first put into action by the National Park Service in the previous decades, and by handing out federal grants to states, counties, cities, and tribal governments, it can now put into place that final step in the puzzle, convincing millions of Americans to relocate themselves from Rural America, and into the Urban Lifestyle, of which it now has a greater likely-hood of sustaining, and conserving all the natural resources, minerals, water, by means of transferring thousands of acres of land from private ownership, back to public ownership, with the goal of creating more green space, by establishing new parks, and by investing in rebuilding older parks.
The “People of South Dakota” are now in a front center role, in expressing themselves on a global spectrum, will continue to fight to stop this agenda?
