The Colorado River is a reflection of who we are as a society. And what is staring at us in the mirror is not pretty.
There is not water available for…
Someone recently asked us: You’re the Great Basin Water Network. Why do you work in the Colorado River Basin? It’s a fair question that I’ve answered before.
At GBWN, we understand…
Living Rivers-Colorado Riverkeeper, Great Basin Water Network and the Center for Biological Diversity released the following statements after it was revealed that Utah Rep. Celeste Maloy’s plan to sell off…
Federal permitting standards under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are quintessential means of expressing and defending our rights as citizens during permitting for major projects on federal lands. As…
Water Warriors, Legislation backed by publicly traded water developer Vidler could move through the Nevada Legislature without your assistance. Today is a major deadline day, and we need this…
AB419, a proposal backed by private water developers like Vidler and other interests who want to fast-track water rights approvals for deep-pocketed entities is having a hearing today. This bill…
Bill proposals this year in Nevada and Utah have sparked a conversation about the regulation of pumping brines that exist deep in the earth’s crust. This conversation comes as companies…
As we revealed a few weeks ago, there were many efforts underway by the State of Utah to exert more control on the Colorado River. And we are here to…
During the first few days of the new Administration, policy wonks across all sectors read the spate of Executive Orders with varying degrees of confusion, outrage, joy, indifference, or uncertainty.…
There are no shibboleths in an era of drought and aridity. And the Nevada Legislature is taking note. In the 2025 legislative session, state lawmakers will consider a proposal GBWN…
When GBWN engages in a project, we don't invest haphazardly. And our work analyzing and scrutinizing the multi-billion-dollar White Pine Waterpower proposal from rPlus Hydro is no exception.
This project would…
It just wouldn't feel like August if federal officials weren't bracing us for more water cuts —triggered by federal projections of reservoir elevations — for the Lower Basin at Lake…
Spring Valley, NV — Delaine and Rick Spilsbury have no vendettas — just a desire for recognition and reconciliation at Bahsahwahbee, a sacred gathering area and massacre site that’s hallowed…
The federal government allows only one state in the west to profit from public land sales, and it happens to be the driest: Nevada. The policy’s legacy is one…
GREEN RIVER — A coalition of Colorado River Basin advocates released the following statements after the Utah State Engineer granted its request for reconsideration on a water rights…
As the push for more pipelines and sprawl in Vegas continues, we must ask: Is this the right time to take more water from Lake Mead?
Like the ouroboros snake…
Unearthed documents reviewed by GBWN expose an animosity toward public interest provisions in the law that protect communities and ecosystems. Powerful interests are working behind the scenes on proposals to…