The Nye County Commission added itself to a growing chorus of local officials lobbying Congress to expand Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge to become the state’s fourth national conservation area . As officials and residents expressed Tuesday before a unanimous vote, any further threat to the declining water table that serves the wildlife of “the Galapagos of the Mojave Desert” and rural well users alike is unacceptable. “It’s vital that we protect and that we are the voices of all of the people, plants and those that cannot speak for themselves,” said Commissioner Bruce Jabbour, whose massive district includes the unincorporated towns of Amargosa Valley, Beatty, Tonopah and Round Mountain. “They’re relying on us.” The proposed boundary for the national conservation area would include more than 185,000 acres around the current national wildlife refuge, providing a buffer for development as solar farms descend on rural towns.…