West Las Vegas Valley neighbors are voicing concerns about grass removal across their neighborhoods and the impact on the health of trees. … By 2027, businesses and residential communities must remove “non-functional turf”: grass that has no recreational value. Assembly Bill 356, passed in 2021, mandates that no water from the Colorado River can irrigate non-functional, decorative grass. As communities continue to implement turf removal measures, residents have voiced concerns over the visible aftermath: after grass is removed, some surrounding trees and plants are slowly dying. Various residents voice concerns about the impact of the “heat island”: elevated temperatures in parts of the Valley that lack greenery.

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• Denverite (Denver, Colo.): Denver could ban ‘non-functional’ grass from new development, including residential