Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act 2021-03-03 Introduced in Senate This bill provides for conservation or transfer of land in Nevada.

Specifically, the bill

  • transfers approximately 41,055 acres of land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes of the Moapa River Indian Reservation;
  • adjusts the boundary of the Red Rock National Conservation Area to include additional lands;
  • adjusts the boundary of the Rainbow Gardens Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude certain land;
  • conveys, upon request, certain federal land to a governmental entity in Clark County for any public purpose;
  • revokes the Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern;
  • establishes specified special management areas for conservation purposes;
  • designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain as the Maude Frazier Mountain;
  • makes certain funds available for capital improvements in the Tule Springs Fossil Bed National Monument and for implementation of sustainability and climate initiatives in Clark County;
  • designates additional lands in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
  • requires land conveyances to local governments in Nevada for specified public purposes;
  • makes certain funds available to the city of Mesquite for implementation of a watershed plan for the Lower Virgin River;
  • expands, and expands eligible uses of, the limited transition area located in the city of Henderson;
  • establishes off-highway vehicle recreation areas;
  • conveys to a public water agency in Clark County, upon request, federal land for the construction and operation of critical water conveyance infrastructure for communities serviced by that agency; and
  • requires completion of the construction of the six erosion control weirs on the lower Las Vegas Wash within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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