NV SJR8

Urges Congress to designate federal protection for public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain, and the Rainbow Gardens Area near Las Vegas Valley

Suggested protection options include designation as a national conservation area, national recreation area, or national monument

Highlights Gypsum Cave on these lands, which contains some of the earliest evidence of human habitation in the western United States and holds significance to Indian tribes

Notes the area contains the Great Unconformity, exposed rock representing 1.2 billion years of Earth's geological history, plus several plant species with special Bureau of Land Management status

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies to the Vice President, Speaker of the House, and all members of the Nevada Congressional Delegation