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- 83rd Session (2025)
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8–Senator Ohrenschall
Joint Sponsors: Assemblymembers Mosca; Carter,
Cole, Considine, Monroe-Moreno and Moore
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION—Urging Congress to protect the
public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain,
Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area.
WHEREAS, The public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise
Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area are
undeveloped natural treasures located near the Las Vegas Valley;
and
WHEREAS, These public lands contain colorful mountain ranges
rising up from the desert lowlands; and
WHEREAS, Gypsum Cave, which holds some of the earliest
evidence of h uman inhabitance in the western United States and is
significant to Indian tribes, is located on these public lands; and
WHEREAS, These public lands contain evidence of the Great
Unconformity, which consists of exposed surface rock that
represents more than one quarter of the history (1.2 billion years) of
the Earth’s crust and tectonic plates; and
WHEREAS, Several plant species that have received special
status designation by the Bureau of Land Management are found on
these public lands; and
WHEREAS, Many Nevada residents enjoy the natural desert
landscape and the outdoor recreational opportunities of Sunrise
Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the members of the 83rd Session of the
Nevada Legislature hereby urge Congress to protect the public lands
including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain
and the Rainbow Gardens Area by designating them for federal
protection, which may include, without limitation, designating all or
portions of the area as a national conservation area, national
recreation area or national monument, or applying other federal
protections that Congress deems appropriate for these important and
scenic lands; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and
transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the United
States as the presiding officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the
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House of Representatives and each member of the Nevada
Congressional Delegation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon
passage.
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