BLM land in Nevada, 4,300 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The defenders
No group in our directory carries Purple Sage Solar / Pahrump Valley in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.
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The situation
A 400-megawatt solar and battery project on 4,534 acres of BLM land in the Pahrump Valley south of Pahrump. Though it generates clean power, the project would permanently clear roughly 860 acres of intact Mojave desert, require relocating desert tortoises, draw about 1,000 acre-feet of groundwater a year, and encroach on the Old Spanish National Historic Trail and the Amargosa Wild and Scenic River. It is part of a wave of utility-scale renewable projects testing how much desert habitat should be sacrificed for energy siting.
No public comment window is open on Purple Sage Solar / Pahrump Valley right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
A ready call script on Purple Sage Solar / Pahrump Valley, plus any comment window as it opens.
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