Las Vegas-style public lands bill pitched for N. Nev.
By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal
Northern Nevada communities could get a taste of Las Vegas-style land management practices if Washoe County officials get their way.
A draft of the proposed Washoe County Economic Development and Conservation Act seeks to replicate the idea behind the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act, also known as SNPLMA.
Since Congress passed the southern Nevada version which became law in 1998, sales of federally owned land in the Las Vegas-area generated more than $3 billion, much of which has been used to fund conservation in Clark County and around Nevada, including at Lake Tahoe.
