I agree with Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks who said: “The proposed creation of Natural Asset Companies is one of the greatest threats to rural communities in the history of our country. Under the proposal, private interests, including foreign-controlled sovereign wealth funds, could use their capital to purchase or manage farmland, national and state parks, and other mineral-rich areas and stop essential economic activities like farming, grazing, and energy extraction. Recreating on Utah’s incredible natural lands could also face significant curtailment.” I think that it is reprehensible that NACs would be allowed to take assets such as our National Parks and other state and federal resources, as well as conservation easements on private lands that could be enrolled and used for their own private profit. That they could also monetize natural processes creating a new investment stream for the wealthy elite is disgusting. Investors in the NACs could be foreign adversaries who would benefit from preventing Americans from using our natural resources. When does the insanity stop?! I Strongly disapprove of the changes being proposed in SR-NYSE-2023-09. Our nation cannot withstand more veiled government control over private property!