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Las Vegas Is Counting on Public Lands to Power its Growth. Is it a Good Idea? - Earth News Report
LAS VEGAS—About 30 miles outside of one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing cities, Hidden Valley lies tucked next to the Sloan National Conservation Area. Thousands of flat, federally owned acres filled with creosote bush provide a migratory pathway for desert bighorn sheep and habitat for the endangered desert tortoise and rare white-margined penstemon. Even