Clark County Lands Bill, Nevada

Clark County, Nevada, Lands Bill -- No!

White-margined beardtongue

^White-margined beardtongue (Penstemon albomarginatus): https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0306+0832

March 3, 2021 - Senator Cortez-Masto will introduce the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act today. Also known as the Clark County Public Lands Bill, this will give over 42,000 acres of Mojave Desert away to sprawl developers around Jean, Nevada, and the northern Ivanpah Valley where desert tortoises and rare plants such as white-margined beardtoungue live. It will encourage thousands of more people to move to southern Nevada and increase smog. It will create new off-highway vehicle areas in tortoise habitat. It is also said to encourage water pipelines, pumped storage and wind projects.

The bill will encourage almost one million additional people in the area by developing public lands, but they are spinning it as conservation. The wilderness areas would not likely see development pressure. This is a cookie cutter sprawl bill.

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/cortez-masto-introduces-clark-county-lands-bill-to-expand-las-vegas-footprint-designate-public-land-for-conversation?fbclid=IwAR1siNirJ9h-CQTS4clsRm9w3pMdRBVnRvjF172Y0Qa_FRHLQpfcR585hW4

Too many environmental groups got behind this. To be clear, it will expand the blob of Las Vegas by over 30,000 acres. More smog, roads and less Mojave Desert habitat for wilderness in areas that never would be developed anyway. The Desert National Wildlife Refuge is already protected. If the military wants to take it again, Congress can override the wilderness designations.

https://pvtimes.com/news/cortez-masto-titus-sponsor-lands-bill-for-southern-nevada-96434/?fbclid=IwAR3HFwXaolYZoao2Wd5r1IUKESIsrn84ExQpqmpc_E_lD5x9xTSSshXtg04

Sprawl legislation:

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada-lands-bill-sets-aside-2m-acres-for-conservation-2293957/?fbclid=IwAR2Jqz9UrLR_hopKQZs42T_qiYOyGlUL0Wcumnc3VtybnSgT0RJ6c8EU_o0

Gives away too much public land to developers. Creates huge off highway vehicle zones in unwanted areas like Sandy Valley. Pushes a water pipeline under the McCullough Range to support unwanted growth. The wilderness areas are not a good trade. Developers can go right up boundaries.

https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cortez-masto-introduces-southern-nevada-economic-development-and-conservation-act?fbclid=IwAR2gRI_7w5DdkvUd-u2yWoG5VF_BUsMuKd0ZCmIz61_CNikKMIjqjlqAkAQ

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/water-authority-wants-to-drill-through-sloan-conservation-area-for-pipeline-2295118/?fbclid=IwAR3axBARMLhql_ggnkhrr-T5A5LaMau-WkeQwq6bQekvVcZFH8ZjNVjUmjQ

 

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