The Lincoln County Lands Bill, modeled after the Southern
Nevada Public Land Management Act, is already selling off land,
although an environmental assessment ordered by a judge was never
carried out
Items by Ryan Slattery
The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act is making
money from auctioning off the Las Vegas valley desert – and
the Bush administration would like to get its hands on that
money
Critics say an economic development initiative could suck
desert springs and rural counties dry
In his book, The Devil’s Highway,
Luis Alberto Urrea tells the tragic story of a group of poor
immigrants who tried to get to a better life, and died in the
Arizona desert
Yucca Mountain’s 10,000-year safety standard is
ruled arbitrary by a federal court, but the Energy Department
remains determined to open the site as planned
Las Vegans rally to fight a prominent developer’s
plans for building on Blue Diamond Hill, a former gypsum mine that
now serves as a buffer between the city and Red Rock Canyon
National Conservation Area
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