The committee votes are the first marker of how senators feel about the bills. The Washoe lands bill passed 10-9, on a party-line vote, while the Clark bill was a more bipartisan endeavor, passing 13-6. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Steve Daines (R-MT) joined all Democrats to advance the measure.

Congress is back in session and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) convened her subcommittee to hear testimony on pending lands legislation, including three of her bills for Nevada. 

Congress rejected two controversial military proposals to expand training ranges onto hundreds of thousands of acres of public land across Nevada, including the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at the decision, what it means for public lands and whether the proposals could reemerge next year.

This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at the OneWater Nevada Initiative, an effort in Northern Nevada to safely treat wastewater, store it and reuse it in the future.

This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at legislation introduced by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto as an alternative to the Navy's proposed expansion of the Fallon Range Training Complex.

This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's request to intervene in permitting for proposed energy storage projects at two Nevada lakes. It also breaks down the conversation around Clark County's climate efforts and the county's federal lands bill.

Fourteen state and national conservation groups sent a letter on Friday to the congressional delegation, stating that any future Clark County lands bill must not "undermine public participation" or "undermine bedrock environmental laws."