Las Vegas may be in a tourism downswing, with optimism — and water — in short supply, but plans to build a second airport outside city boundaries are chugging along.

Before it can move forward, the full environmental effects of the Clark County supplemental airport will be explored in an environmental review process that takes place at the federal level as required by the National Environmental Policy Act.

Officials expect the airport’s review to take about 2½ more years, and conversations about minimizing harm to water supplies and wildlife have taken place for a decade. However, with plans to build Lake Mead water service lines out toward the airport and ongoing efforts to sell off public land in the region, some environmentalists like Vinny Spotleson wonder if the project could coinci

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