Longtime Nevada environmental activist Garrett dies at 88 via The Las Vegas Review Journal

Garrett was a board member of the Nevada environmental group Citizen Alert and one of the original opponents of the federal government’s MX missile system that was once proposed to cover much of eastern Nevada. She later helped lead fights against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in Southern Nevada and Las Vegas’ plan to import water from rural Nevada.
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“She’s one of the few who dedicated her life to Nevada — and not just by leading the fights against the MX, the water grab and other violent threats against the land and water here. But by enjoying every moment of every sunrise over Mount Washington and each sunset over Notch Peak,” he said.

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