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Nye County outlines multi‑decade lands bill to secure private acreage and SNPLMA funding access
Summary
County staff presented a status update on a proposed Nye County Conservation and Economic Development Act aimed at returning selected federal lands to county-guided uses for infrastructure, conservation and economic development; BLM described how SNPLMA funding rounds could fund parks and trails if the county is made eligible.
Megan Labadie, Nye County’s Natural Resources and Federal Facilities director, told the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 18 that the county has spent roughly two decades preparing a congressional lands bill aimed at securing a limited set of federal lands for local needs.
“The purpose of the bill is just to secure a land base for public safety, infrastructure, conservation, and steady growth,” Labadie said in a prepared presentation. She told commissioners Nye County comprises about 11,600,000 acres, roughly 97% of which is federally managed, and that the proposed package seeks roughly 40,000 acres for economic development (80% of that request focused near Tonopah), 11,000 acres for public…
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