U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) has announced that her bipartisan amendment with Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) to help curb the swarms of Mormon crickets plaguing communities in Northern Nevada, like Elko County, was unanimously adopted into the Senate’s government funding package.
Rosen's office says this amendment will provide a total of $6 million for the treatment and suppression of Mormon crickets across Western states.
Her office adds that the severe drought in the West resulted in larger, more severe outbreaks of Mormon crickets in Northern Nevada earlier this year, causing damage to crops and landscapes, posing a risk to public safety, and hurting local economies.
“As we saw earlier this year, large swarms of Mormon crickets overwhelmed communities like Elko and others across Northern Nevada, posing a real threat to public safety and harming local economies,” said Senator Rosen. “That’s why I pushed for increased funding to ensure communities in Nevada have the resources they need to be better prepared to fight the invasion of Mormon crickets ahead of next spring.”
(Senator Jacky Rosen's Office contributed to this report.
