Land Use and Rural Neighborhoods ... - City of Las Vegas

Recognizing that local governments could better manage
parcels located within their own jurisdictions, Congress
passed the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act of
1998 (SNPLMA), which established a boundary within which
federally owned lands in the Las Vegas Valley area could be
auctioned, sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed to local
governments or private entities. SNPLMA authorized the disposal
of approximately 52,000 acres, with large areas located
north and south of the urbanized area. In 2002, SNPLMA was
amended 12 to expand the disposal boundary so that an additional
22,000 acres could be transferred. Within the disposal
boundary, approximately 5,000 acres in the vicinity of
the Upper Las Vegas Wash received special consideration for
protection of rare plant species, Pleistocene Era animal fossils
and other cultural resources. Lands in this “Conservation
Transfer Area” may only be disposed after the BLM and the
recipients sign a Conservation Agreement stating the manner
in which these lands are to be managed in the long term. A
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the disposal area was
released in December 2004; however, transfer of title to any of
the lands in the Conservation Transfer Area is pending the outcome
of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
that will determine the final boundary of the Conservation
Transfer Area and summarize the impacts of various uses to the
special resources of the area. Approximately 3,000 acres of the
Conservation Transfer Area are located within the city limits,
subject to the final SEIS. The city has designated this area as
PR-OS (Parks/Recreation/Open Space) in its General Land Use
Plan.
Existing Land Uses
12 Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources
Act of 2002 (HR 5200) (October 1, 2002).
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