[Ray76]

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/MINERALS__REALTY__AND_RESOURCE_PROTECTION_/energy/renewable_references.Par.48679.File.dat/Regional%20Mitigation%20Strategy%20for%20the%20Dry%20Lake%20Solar%20Energy%20Zone,%20Technical%20Note%20444%20%28March%202014%29.pdf

I’m still reading it but it seems that Gold Butte is becoming a preserve in order to “compensate for the loss of some of the habitat, visual resources, and ecological services that are expected from the development of the Dry Lake SEZ [Solar Energy Zone]” “The Gold Butte ACEC [Area of Critical Environmental Concern] is in the same ecological zone (ecoregion) and subzone as the Dry Lake SEZ and is of the same vegetation community. The Gold Butte ACEC provides habitat for all of the wildlife, including the special status species, found in the Dry Lake SEZ”

Dry Lake Solar Engery Zone
http://solareis.anl.gov/sez/drylake/index.cfm

[Ray76]

Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone Project Documentation

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/energy/dry_lake_solar_energy/past_workshops.html

[combat_boots]

“Under the program, developers would acquire a right-of-way to build on U.S. Bureau of Land Management property and then pay royalties to the government. Payment levels are based on the amount of acreage involved and the value of the right-of-way, Salazar said.”

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/oct/12/60400-acres-nevada-designated-solar-energy-zones/

Also,

http://www.seia.org/news/nevada-now-home-federal-solar-demonstration-zone

[kidd]

Outstanding. Well done

[gunsequalfreedom]

Did you come across any info on the BLM website that the land is earmarked for utility scale solar?

[FR_addict]

Hi Ray76,
Were you the first to come up with all this info?

[Greenperson]

Excellent research. Kudos and thank you for preserving TRUTH for posterity.