Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

letter to the editor:

Start acting like real conservatives

Kudos for the excellent guest column on public land (“Conservation a conservative value; Hardy’s kneejerk opposition is not,” Las Vegas Sun, May 20). It did a great job of pointing out the hypocrisy of claiming to be a conservative but being opposed to conservation. While the piece dealt mainly with Basin and Range, the same arguments apply to Gold Butte.

Gold Butte has been the subject of bills introduced in Congress to designate it as a National Conservation Area with wilderness. Gold Butte richly deserves and badly needs permanent protection, preferably as an NCA. But if the anti-conservationists prevail in Congress and the bills do not see the light of day, then its designation as a national monument would achieve that protection and be much preferred to no action at all.

It is past time to protect these special areas so all Americans, now and in the future, can enjoy their wonders and so Nevada can begin to enjoy the economic benefits protected lands have proved to bring. It’s time for “conservatives” to live up to their name and start conserving our precious public lands.

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