Panel to Develop Plans for
Nevada Wilderness
Carson
City, NV
Associated Press
A legislative study committee will meet in Winnemucca Dec. 18
to begin developing recommendations on what Congress should do
with Nevada's 20-year-old Wilderness Study Areas.
Congress set aside more than 5 million acres of Nevada for
study as potential wilderness more than 20 years ago.
State Sen. Dean Rhoads, R-Tuscarora, said that while 2 million
acres of have been set aside as wilderness, the various groups
interested in the land have been unable to reach consensus on
what to do with the remaining 3.8 million acres.
Rhoads, who will chair the panel, said those areas remain in
limbo, administered by the Bureau of Land Management as though
they are wilderness areas.
He said his Public Lands legislative subcommittee was
established to review the status of the remaining areas and
draft recommendations, which will be forwarded to Nevada's
congressional delegation. He said input is critical from the
counties that include the lands.
"Although the Nevada Legislature does not have the authority
to make decisions regarding WSAs, it can make recommendations
to Nevada's congressional delegation based on information
provided at these meetings," Rhoads said. "All Nevadans
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Have positive,
constructive input? Please let Senator Dean Rhoads know at the email
address below!
Legislative Committee
on Public Lands Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas Subcommittee
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/Interim/StatCom/Wilderness/
Senator Dean A. Rhoads, Chair
Republican - Northern Nevada Senatorial District (Elko, Eureka,
Humboldt, Lander,
Lincoln, Pershing and White Pine
Counties, and portions of Nye County)
E-mail:
drhoads@sen.state.nv.us
Assemblyman P.M. Roy Neighbors, Vice Chair
Senator Mark Amodei
Senator Dina Titus
Assemblyman David Brown
Assemblyman Jerry D. Claborn
Alternates
Senator Raymond D. Rawson
Senator Michael A. (Mike) Schneider
Assemblyman Greg Brower
Assemblywoman Marcia de Braga
Assemblyman Joseph E. Dini, Jr.
Research Division
(775) 684-6825 Phone (775) 684-6400 Fax
Scott Young, Principal Research Analyst
Christine Kuhl, Secretary
Legal Division
(775) 684-6830 Phone (775) 684-6761 Fax
R. René Yeckley, Principal Deputy Legislative Counsel
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