State Flower: Sagebush
Updates in 2025:
- AB80 [LS] Establishes provisions relating to soil health. (BDR 49-387); Establishes the Healthy Soils Initiative under the Nevada State Conservation Commission. Creates a grant program, soil health monitoring, and research components. Forms the Fund for Soil Health. Programs are voluntary and incentive-based. Emphasizes collaboration, education, outreach, scientific research, and protections for participant confidentiality. This bill is a full-fledged soil health framework. It promotes soil carbon storage, regenerative practices, technical support, education, and targeted funding. The Fund for Soil Health institutionalizes state commitment to soil protection and regenerative agriculture. – in committee at adjournment
Updates in 2024:
None, no regular session in even-numbered years
Updates in 2023:
- AB109 [LS] Establishes provisions relating to soil health. (BDR 49-571); establishes Soil Health Advisory Board and creates Healthy Soils Initiative – in committee at adjournment
Updates in 2022:
None, no regular session in even-numbered years
Updates in 2021:
- AJR2 [LS] Recognizes that the health of forests, rangelands and soils are inextricably linked to the quantity and quality of water. (BDR R-112); includes voluntary soil health measures in voluntary programs – passed 5/14/2021 and resolution filed with Secretary of State
Legislative Information
Assembly Joint Resolution —Recognizing that the health of forests, rangelands and soils are inextricably linked to the quantity and quality of water.
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:
Sponsors:
Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
Agencies Involved:
None specified
Rule Making Processes:
N/A
Program Summary
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
Funding Sources
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
Lessons Learned
Legislative Committees
House Committee:
Senate Committee:
State Universities & Researchers
University of Nevada, Reno: Land-grant university
Agricultural Organizations & Technical Assistance
Education & Advocacy Groups
The Nature Conservancy
Media & Additional Resources
N/a
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