Sierra Club Welcomes Nevada Assembly Joint Resolution 3 (AJR3) to Conserve 30% of Nevada Public Lands, Forests, and Waters by 2030

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Assembly introduced yesterday AJR3, a resolution in support of protecting 30 percent of the lands and waters in Nevada by 2030 as a necessary step to protect natural systems and mitigate the climate and extinction crises. The resolution also calls for the establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame  National Monument and the permanent protection of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge from the threat of military expansion. 

In response representatives of Sierra Club in Nevada released the following statements:

Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Director Brian Beffort said:

“As biological creatures dependent on Earth’s natural systems, we depend for our survival on the health of Nevada’s natural landscapes and the full host of species with whom we share this Earth. Sierra Club applauds the Nevada Assembly for putting our state on a path to protecting 30 percent of land, forests, and waters by 2030. Big, bold action is exactly what we need to confront the climate and extinction crises we face.” 

Christian Gerlach Sierra Club Our Wild America campaign organizer in Nevada said:

"We celebrate the Nevada Assembly’s bold move to urge the protection of 30 percent of lands and waters in Nevada by 2030-- a needed effort to combat the climate and extinction crises devastating Nevada and the natural world. This devastation requires us to take urgent action. Public lands, forests, wetlands, and green spaces in Nevada will play a huge role in meeting our global climate and biodiversity-protection goals.”

Denise Rohrer, Legislative Committee Co-Chair said:

“Protecting 30 percent of Nevada’s Public Lands by 2030 is not only an environmental win, but a win for our economy and all Nevadans. Protecting our public lands will bring more opportunities for families and local residents to enjoy nature, particularly those that currently have little access and resources to do so. Land conservation ensures cleaner air and waters -- free of pesticides, waste and pollution. It can also help preserve traditions and ancestral lands of Indigenous communities. We strongly support this effort to work with these communities and to conserve our most precious resources, as they are what make our state so unique from any other state in the US and really from anywhere else in the world.”