Christian Gerlach, christian.gerlach@sierraclub.org, 702-271-6485
LAS VEGAS, NV -- On Tuesday, November 12th, the Sierra Club and partner organizations will host a rally to denounce the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) plans to allow oil and gas development across Nevada and especially in the watersheds that drain into our Southern Nevada’s community waters.
Visuals: People with signs, mock oil derrick, and oil spill
WHO: Speakers include:
Sierra Club Organizer Christian Gerlach
Johnnie Bobb" Chief of the Council of The Western Shoshone Nation
WHAT: Rally to Protect Great Basin National Park, Nevada’s public lands and waters
WHEN: Tuesday, November 12th at 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST
WHERE: Del Taco at the Rancho Sierra Plaza at 4470 North Rancho Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89130 we will rally and march to the BLM offices at 4701 N Torrey Pines Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89130
Background:
On November 12th 2019, the Nevada BLM will hold a lease sale for 245,711.85 cres of land in the Ely District. Over 100,000 of those acres are in the East Mormon Mountains and the Tule Desert. The land is North of Mesquite in the water basin where the surface and subterranean water flows through into Lake Mead through the Virgin River, Muddy River and the Meadow Valley Wash. The leasing of these lands for oil and gas development threatens the waters that Southern Nevada communities rely on-- including the city of Mesquite, Henderson, Las Vegas, the Moapa Band of Paiutes and Clark County.
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3.5 million members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.