Natural & Working Lands

Alliance members are scaling best practices for land management, restoration, and conservation to contribute to emission reductions and carbon sequestration at the scale needed for deep decarbonization and, where appropriate, integrating natural and working lands into state mitigation and resilience plans with ambitious goals that center equity and prioritize actions that deliver multiple benefits.

Natural & Working Lands | Central Park, New York, New York

Member Action

Natural & Working Lands

Below are tallies of the number of members that have adopted or are in the process of adopting statutory and executive policies and actions.

For the most up-to-date, in-depth breakdown of natural & working lands climate actions across our membership, explore the Alliance Policy Database.

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Member Spotlight

Maryland Reaches “30 by 30” Goal Six Years Early

In 2024, Maryland reached a major conservation milestone — after setting its own “30 by 30” goal in 2023, the state announced that, as of February 2024, it had reached this goal six years ahead of schedule. This means that the state has already conserved more than 1.85 million acres out of Maryland’s 6.1 million acres of total land area.
A State Guide to Enhance the Sector's Contribution to State and National Climate Goals

February 2022

A State Guide to Enhance the Sector’s Contribution to State and National Climate Goals

November 2022

Event | 2024

This Learning Lab hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance convened teams of state and territory officials to maximize shared knowledge, catalyze action, and address unique and collective challenges to accelerate progress in climate-smart agriculture and forestry (CSAF).
Learning Lab on Accelerating Progress in Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry

The Alliance convened teams of state and territory officials to accelerate progress in climate-smart agriculture and forestry (CSAF).

Guide | 2020