Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act : 10-year report to Congress : SNPLMA 1998-2008 PDF
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998-2008 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act: 10-Year Report to Congress CoverphotographybySahraClark/BLM:WilsonCliffs,RedRockCanyonNCA Thisdocumentwaspreparedby: BureauofLandManagement LasVegasFieldOffice LasVegas,Nevada Productionservicesprovidedby: BLMNationalOperationsCenter InformationandPublishingServicesSection BLM/NV/GI-08/014+5853 Thisdocumentisavailableonlineatwww.blm.gov/SNPLMA Citeas: BureauofLandManagement.2008.SouthernNevadaPublicLandManagementAct: 10-YearReporttoCongress. BureauofLandManagement,Denver,Colorado. BLM/NV/GI-08/014+5853.73pages. 1 : . -.'-•V w TABLE OF CONTENTS rt> ,/v?2- MessagefromtheSecretaryoftheInterior LogandaleFireStation 22 HabitatRestorationontheDesert ExecutiveSummary. 3 NationalWildlifeRefuge 23 FletcherViewandKyleCanyon — Chapter1 Introduction 7 RVCampground Renovation 23 SNPLMA'sRootsin Nevada'sExtensiveFederal ConservationInitiatives 24 LandHoldings 7 InvasiveWeedRemovaland HabitatRestoration 24 PopulationGrowthand DevelopmentPressure MeetingtheChallengeofWater2025 24 inSouthern Nevada 7 LowerColoradoDamsOfficeMuseum. TheSantini-BurtonAct—APrecursortoSNPLMA 9 PropertyProtection—and Preservation ,.. 25 SettingtheDisposal Boundary 10 TakePrideinAmerica inSouthern Nevada, — a Local Litterand DesertDumpingProgram ........ 25 • , Chapter2 FormsofLandDisposal LakeTahoeRestoration ". \+i....... 26 WithintheDisposal Boundary 11 StreamChannel Restorationatthe Land Exchanges 11 BarkerRoadCrossingonBlackwoodCreek 26 LandSalesUndertheRecreationand PublicPurposesAct ... 1 TruckeeRiverOutletImprovementsand LandSalesbyCompetitiveAuction 12 LakesideTrailCrossing 27 LandSalesbyNon-CompetitiveAuction 13 Urban LotManagement: LandSalesforAffordableHousing 14 TimberandWatershedImprovements 27 Parks,Trails,and NaturalAreas 28 — Chapter3 DistributingtheRevenue: WetlandsPark 28 MandatoryPaymentsandtheSNPLMASpecialAccount 15 Centennial HillsPark 28 DistributionstotheStateofNevadaGeneral AlamoChildren'sPark 29 EducationFund 17 HazardousFuelsReductionandWildfirePrevention 30 DistributionstotheSouthern NevadaWaterAuthority 18 Eastern Nevada LandscapeRestorationProject 30 DistributionsfromtheSNPLMASpecialAccount 19 ClarkCountyMultipleSpeciesHabitat AcquisitionofEnvironmentallySensitiveLand 20 ConservationPlan 31 AshMeadowsALCProperty 20 — Nevada FirstProperty 20 Chapter4 Economic, Environmental, HussmanRanchand RiverForkRanch andSocial BenefitsoftheSNPLMALegislation 33 Conservation Easements 21 EconomicBenefits 33 CapitalImprovements 22 Environmental Benefits 34 BoulderBeachWaterSafetyCenter 22 Social Benefits 35 BUREAUOF LAND MANAGEMENTUBHAIff BLDG. 50,ST-136 DENVERFEDERALCENTER BOX25047 P.O. DENVER,COLORADO 80225 Southern NevadaPublicLandManagementAct: 10-YearReporttoCongress - — 5— Chapter SNPLMAPartnerships 37 AppendixB ProjectsApprovedforFundingUndertheSouthern PartnershipsAmong Federal,Tribal,State, Nevada PublicLandManagementAct,Rounds1-8 51 andLocalAgenciesToRestoreLakeTahoe 37 — PartnershipswithFederalAgenciesinSouthern Nevada 37 AppendixC RevenueUndertheSouthern Nevada PartnershipswithLocalGovernments,PrivateSector PublicLandManagementAct 67 Organizations,and Non-GovernmentalOrganizations .... 38 — Partnershipswith Non-GovernmentalOrganizations AppendixD FundingAllocationsUndertheSouthern andUniversities 38 Nevada PublicLandManagementAct 69 — Afterword:ReflectionsofSNPLMA'sAuthors 39 AppendixE LandDisposalUndertheSouthern NevadaPublicLandManagementAct 71 — Appendixes 43 AppendixF LandDisposalbyYearUndertheSouthern NevadaPublicLandManagementAct 71 — AppendixA SouthernNevada PublicLand — ManagementAct(PL. 105-263),AsAmended 43 AppendixG Abbreviations/Acronyms 73 MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR DIRK KEMPTHORNE AstheSouthernNevadaPublicLandManagementAct(SNPLMA) SincetheenactmentofSNPLMA,thesaleofFederal landin reachesits10thanniversary,itiswithgreatpridethatI SouthernNevadahasgenerated$3billioninrevenueforuseas reflectonourcollectiveaccomplishments.TheActallowsforthe setoutinthelegislation.Inthis10-YearReporttoCongress,which creationoflocalparks,trails,andnaturalareas;theacquisitionof supplementsthereportweprovideannuallyintheBureauofLand environmentallysensitivelands;capital improvementson Federal Management's(BLM)PublicLandStatistics,wehighlightsomeof lands;andconservation,restoration,andfueltreatmentprojectsin ouroutstandingachievementsintheprogram,suchasproviding NevadaandthroughouttheLakeTahoeBasin. landformuch-neededaffordablehousinginClarkCounty,as wellasdevelopingandimplementingaseriesofprojectsonlocal TheNevadaCongressionaldelegationhadtremendousforesight andFederal landsacrosstheregion.Wealsohighlightoneofthe incraftingthislandmarklegislation.Throughtheleadershipof greatestachievementstoarisefromtheimplementationofthe — SenatorsHarryReidandJohn Ensign,formerSenatorRichard law thesuccessfulpartnershipsthathavegrownamonglocal, Bryan,andformerRepresentativeJamesBilbray,manyspecial State,andFederalgovernmentagencies.Partnershipsarecritical areashavebenefitedfromSNPLMAfunding.Theseincludeplaces tothesuccessoftheoverallprogramandtheprojectsitsupports. asdiverseastheRedRockCanyonNationalConservationArea,the Muchofthissuccesshasbeenbasedonthecollaborativenatureof GreatBasin NationalPark,theDesertNationalWildlifeRefuge, theworkandavisionofsuccesssharedacrossallagenciesinvolved HooverDam,andthelandssurroundingbeautiful LakeTahoe.The inSNPLMA'simplementation.Asaresultofthiscollectiveeffort,the amenitiesfortheaffectedcommunitieshavemadeatremendous qualityoflifeinNevadahasbeenimproved.ThelegacyofNevada differencetothequalityoflifeforcurrentandfuturegenerations willforeverbeintertwinedwiththebenefitsoftheSouthern ofresidentsandvisitorsalike.Moreover,astimehaspassed,the Nevada PublicLandManagementAct.Itismypleasure,as legislationitselfhaschangedtoincludeprojectworkinCalifornia SecretaryoftheInterior,tosharethisgreatstorywithyou. (atLakeTahoe);Arizona(within LakeMead NationalRecreation Area);andeastern Nevada.Thisreflectstheregionalizationofa programofworkthathassucceededbeyondexpectation. SouthernNevadaPublicLandManagementAct: 10-YearReporttoCongress % .-?. J**** v ^Jc,' V Iv & Win w (DillonAagen/BL enjoyascenicbi z/BLM);LasVegasPaiute / 'childrenperformingatSpringsPreserve(SpringsPreserve);goldenbarrel l^vadaPublicLan< tfAt YearReportt 'l J, SUMMARY EXECUTIVE InOctober1998,theUnitedStates theAct,Congresssuccinctlydescribedits developmenttotakeplaceconsistent Congresspassedlandmarklegislationthat intent:"toprovidefortheorderlydisposal withzoningandplanning regulationsin permanentlyalteredtherelationshipofthe ofcertainFederallandsinClarkCounty, communitieslikeLasVegas,NorthLas FederalGovernmenttotheStateofNevada, Nevada,andtoprovidefortheacquisitionof Vegas,Henderson,andClarkCountyitself. *ti Ml itsresidents,andvisitors.TheSouthern environmentallysensitivelandsintheState Jointselection—theprocesswherelocal Nevada PublicLandManagementAct ofNevada."Bythismeasure, governmentspetition toacquirethepublic (SNPLMA)inconjunctionwiththelanduse theFederalGovernmenthaslivedupto domainbeforetheFederalGovernmentwill — plansoftheBureauofLandManagement Congress'intent.Whereoncelaytractsofthe agreetosellit isoneoftheremarkable (BLM),identifiedanarea (74,000acres) publicdomainborderedbytheLasVegas successstoriesoftheSNPLMAlegislation. — largerthanSacramento,California,for StriporsouthernNevada'sfreewaysystem Affordablehousing madepossibleby — disposalthroughsale.What'smore,the nowstandplannedcommunities.And deeplydiscountedsalesofpublicland is legislationprovidedtheauthoritytothe whereopportunitieshavearisentoacquire another.Meanwhile,theBLMhascontinued BLMtoretainanddistributelandsale environmentallysensitivelandsthroughfee tousetheauthorityoftheRecreationand proceedsandinterestonthoseproceeds. acquisitionorconservationeasement,the PublicPurposesAct(R&PPAct)toleaseor FederalGovernmenthasbeenabletoact sellpropertiesintheLasVegasValleyat Atitssimplest,SNPLMAmakespossible expeditiouslytoprotectuniqueresources. lessthanmarketvaluetosupportother thedisposaloflandsinthemidstof localneeds.Atlastcount,theBLMhasmade urbandevelopmentinexchangeforlands HasthedisposaloflandsinandnearLas landavailablefordevelopmentunderthe elsewhereintheStatethatpossesshigher Vegasbeenorderly?Withoutadoubt, R&PPActresultingin84newpublicschools natural resourcevalues.InSection2(b)of the"jointselectionprocess"hasallowed withintheSNPLMAdisposalboundary. SouthernNevadaPublicLandManagementAct: 10-YearReporttoCongress Asfortheacquisitionofenvironmentally AcresAcquiredby thatmaybevisited byallAmericans. From ConservationEasement sensitiveland,sinceenactmentofSNPLMA, 1,039 theselandsaleshavecomeopenspacefor theFederalGovernmenthasacquired 3 southern Nevada'scommunities,protection 49,199acresinfeeand 1,039acresin forLakeTahoe,andsupportforNevada's conservationeasements.Thesold lands, 34,498 schools.Andfromtheselandsaleshave meanwhile,arequalitativelydifferentfrom comethemostpowerful influenceon theacquiredlands.Thepublicdomain 5w 20,000 landacquisition,conservation,resource inandnearLasVegassufferedfromthe interpretation,and recreationon Federal 2£ 10,000 Acres AcresAcquired effectsofurbanencroachmentlongbefore Disposed byFeeUnder landsin Nevadasincestatehood. UnderSNPLMA SNPLMA thepassageofSNPLMA.Incontrast,the landstheFederalGovernmenthasacquired In landuseplanningeffortsthatdateback inreturnalongstretchesofNevada'sprecious FY2008,theBLMhascollectednearly tothe1970s,theBLMalwaysassumed ripariansystemsincludesomeofthehighest $3.0billionfromthesaleofpublicland in thatdevelopmentofLasVegaswouldtake qualityhabitatintheState.TheFederal theLasVegasValley.Andthosereceipts placebysomemeans,administrativeor landbaseisarguablyinbetterconditionas haveproducedmorereceipts.Through legislative.WithoutSNPLMA,landswould — aresultoftheSNPLMAlegislationthan it investmentsina mixofU.S.Treasury havebeenexchanged andmanywere. wouldhavebeenotherwise. securities,theBLMhascollected Landswould havebeensoldunderother $294.2million ininterestsinceitsfirst authorities,includingtheSantini-Burton — SNPLMArepresentsmuch morethana SNPLMAlandsale. Actof1980 and manyhavebeen.Lands programoftradingFederal landsthathold wouldhavebeenconveyedundertheR&PP — differentresourcevalues.Byanymeasure,the UnderSNPLMA, landsalerevenuesand Actforpublicpurposes andmanyhave lawhasgreatlyexceededtheexpectations interesthavebeenconvertedintoother been.Overtime,theprivatizationoflandin — ofitsauthorsandadministrators.Through kindsofnationalassets specialplaces ClarkCounty,whichuntil recentlywasmore SouthernNevada PublicLand ManagementAct: 10-YearReporttoCongress than90percentownedbytheFederal planningandinter-jurisdictionalproject Status ofApproved Projects by Round Government,wouldhavetakenplace. Butif implementationthatconstantlyconnects 250 theFederalGovernmenthadreliedprimarily activitiesbeingconductedoncombinations onmeansotherthancompetitiveauctions, ofFederal,Tribal,State,and local 200 itislikelythattheFederalGovernmentand governmentlands. itscitizenswould nothavebenefitednearly 150 asmuchfromtherevenuesgenerated ina After10years,theprogramauthorized trulyfairandcompetitivemarket. undertheSouthern Nevada PublicLand E100 ManagementActisstillevolving.Congress SNPLMAhasalsogivenrisetoaunique hasamendedthelegislationsixtimesso experimentingovernance.TheSecretary thatitnowauthorizesworkundereight oftheInteriorischargedwithdistributing uniquecategories.Oneofthosecategories, ccccccccc TO3"O0"O0"O0"O0"O0"O0"O0'OU vo r-v co o\ fundsunderthelegislationthathavenot AcquisitionofEnvironmentallySensitive i cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc beensetasideformandatedpurposes.But Lands,coverseverycountyintheState. CompletedProjects ^B theSecretary'sdecisionsareinformedby Othercategorieshavebeenexpanded ProjectsinProcess IH TerminatedProjects anumberofadvisorygroupsthatinclude fromtheiroriginal reach inClarkCounty 929 TotalNumberofProjects (doesnotincludepre-proposalplanningor representativesfromfiveFederalagencies, toincludeLincoln,WhitePine,and Santini-Burtonacquisitions) theStateofNevada,and regionaland WashoeCounties.Withtheadditionofthe localgovernments.Thesharedburdenof FuelsTreatmentsandWildfirePrevention developing recommendationsandvetting category,communitiesand privateland themthroughdifferentorganizational ownersinCaliforniabecameeligiblefor levelsovertheyear-longperiod required funding.Clearly,SNPLMAhasbecomea toapprovea roundofprojectshas regionalprogramofwork.Thisreportto producedsomemeaningfulsidebenefits. Congressoutlinesthesuccessesofand Coordinationhasresulted in interagency lessonslearnedfromthatprogram. Lefttoright:LakeMeadNRA(NPS);DesertNationalWildlifeRefuge(MarcJ.Sanchez/ BLM);childrenexploringinRedRockCanyonNCA(SteveTryon/BLM);athreatened — species theAshMeadowsmilk-vetch(USFWS);RedSpringsboardwalkatRed RockCanyonNCA(MarkRekshynskyj/BLM);cootinLasVegasWashrapids(Sara Bartley/ClarkCountyParksandRecreation);viewofFrenchmanMountainand pondfromWetlandsParkNaturePreserve,ClarkCounty(PhilipDeManczuk/ CourtesyofClarkCountyParksandRecreation) Southern NevadaPublicLand ManagementAct: 10-YearReporttoCongress SouthernNevada PublicLand ManagementAct: 10-YearReporttoCongress
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