Date:

2/10/2021 Introduced
4/14/2021 Passed the Assembly by a vote of 34–8
5/14/2021 Passed the Senate unanimously 21–0
5/19/2021 Filed with the Secretary of State

Legislation:

AJR2

Sponsors:

Assembly Committee on Natural Resources

Agencies Involved:

None specified

Rule Making Processes:

N/A

Description:

This resolution recognizes the environmental and public health benefits of healthy soils, forests and rangeland in preventing erosion, filtering drinking water and recharging groundwater. It also states that climate change is exacerbating drought and wildfires.

Under this resolution, the legislature “expresses its support for the Federal Government, state agencies, conservation districts and local governments to work collaboratively with water purveyors, land managers, private landowners, land users and other stakeholders to identify watersheds that can be improved by better forest, rangeland and soil health measures and to identify or establish voluntary programs, within the limits of legislative appropriations and other available money, to address the health of forests, rangelands and soils”.

Soil Health Definitions:

N/A

Stated Goals:

The goal is to improve the health of forests, rangeland and soils through voluntary programs.

Program Required Measurements:

N/A

Tools & Guidance:

N/A

Founding Source/s:

The resolution does not identify specific funding sources, but mentions “legislative appropriations and other available money”.

Funding Type/s:

Collaborative projects between the “Federal Government, state agencies, conservation districts and local governments” and “water purveyors, land managers, private landowners, land users and other stakeholders”.

Practices Eligible for Funding:

None specified

House Committee:

Senate Committee:

University of Nevada, Reno: Land-grant university 

Nevada Association of Conservation Districts

Nevada NRCS

The Nature Conservancy

N/a