11/16/2021 |
Clark County Board of Commissioners
| Approved
Agenda note: DISCUSSION: Following introduction of the item, the Board was addressed by Marci Henson, Director of the Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability, who advised that the request was for the proposed conveyance of water rights that the County acquired between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s as a condition of the endangered species permit for the purpose of removing cattle ranching from range lands in Southern Nevada that overlapped with desert tortoise habitat; during the acquisition of the grazing permits the County acquired water rights associated with livestock watering; worked with the State to change the use of the water rights to wildlife habitat and wildlife conservation; many administrative responsibilities were needed to maintain the water rights and comply with State regulations; the Nevada Division of Wildlife already holds water rights and does management for water rights for wildlife conservation; and in order to make operations more efficient, and to consolidate the State and local government’s administration of the water rights, requested to convey the water rights on the public lands for the purpose of wildlife conservation.
In response to Commissioner Gibson, Marci Henson advised that the subject property was approximately 154-acre feet between the surface water rights and the ground water rights.
Chair Kirkpatrick opened the public hearing and asked if there were any persons present in the audience wishing to be heard on the matter.
SPEAKER(S): None
There being no persons present in the audience wishing to be heard on the matter, Chair Kirkpatrick closed the public hearing. | Pass |
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