The Bureau of Land Management was not present. Clearway had four poster stations with representatives present to answer any questions. There were no seats and no presentations given. The Mosey Solar Project is moving forward in the scoping process in review under the National Environmental Policy Act, and Clearway presented information about water usage, visual resources, OHV recreation impacts from the proposed project, possible community benefits, and "ecovoltaics." 

Looking at the Yellow Pine Solar Project nearby in south Pahrump Valley, the concept of "ecovoltaics" needs to be analyzed much better in the upcoming environmental review. The Drive-and-Crush construction methods used at Yellow Pine resulted in the disturbance of ancient soil surfaces, biological soil crusts, wildflower fields, and encouraging an invasion on non-native weedy annual grasses that required a massive herbicide dose to contain. 

July 28, 2026 - Pahrump, NV - Big Solar moves forward under the Trump Administration:

The Mosey Solar Project will start an official review by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) tomorrow. It is a 3,565 acre project located about ten miles south of Pahrump, Nevada. It is going to be part of their upgraded GridLiance transmission network which will export much of the power to California. On January 17, 2025, the Mosey Solar Project was determined to be a covered project under Title 41 of Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41) and was added to the federal permitting dashboard:

Preliminary impacts on BLM-managed lands from the proposed project and Resource Management Plan amendment include loss and disturbance of desert tortoise habitat, impacts to native vegetation, impacts to recreational access and experience, impacts to cultural resources and Native American concerns, impacts to basin groundwater resources, socioeconomic effects on local communities, air quality impacts, impacts to BLM special status species plants; impacts to wildlife and migratory birds including habitat loss and potential direct mortalities during construction and operation, impacts to paleontological resources, and visual effects. Below is a map of the project site desert tortoise burrows.

There will be a 30-day public comment period.

See the Mosey Solar Project Desert Tortoise Report here: