If we properly manage groundwater, we rightfully sustain a significant water supply that must remain for future generations of plant, animal and human life. That's easier said than done. And…
The Bureau of Land Management is reviving the permitting effort for the Cedar City Pipeline and West Desert Water Grab. This effort to siphon water away from rural counties in…
At the heart of federal environmental permitting is an idea that every American should have a say about what happens on projects proposed for federal lands. And those who have…
CARSON CITY, NV - A proposal to support selling off tens of thousands of acres of public land died in the Nevada Senate after failing to pass a key deadline…
Expect the unexpected in natural resource politics in the year 2025.
Montana Congressman and former Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, stripped out a provision from the Trump tax bill facilitating the…
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…
Last night, the Nevada Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections held a hearing on a bill that urges President Trump and the Congress to sign off on a federal…
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…
The United States is without a Senate-confirmed cabinet member overseeing essential functions of water management in the western United States. As is common in the early days of new presidential…
Today, the Nevada Assembly passed legislation that urges President Trump and the Congress to sign off on a federal plan to create urban sprawl from the Las Vegas Valley to…
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…
Sprawl unites politicians unlike other topics in the nation’s driest state.
In the past month, Democrats and Republicans in the Nevada congressional delegation introduced legislation to sell off large tracts of…
Today, Nevada’s senior U.S. Senator re-introduced legislation to sell off public lands in Southern Nevada, placating a long-running demand from real estate interests, President Trump, and Governor Lombardo. Senator Catherine…
Last week GBWN got a copy of a letter authored by the top water managers in the Lower Basin advocating for the new administration to study and consider the major…
When we are not working to defeat dangerous proposals in legislative sessions, we are working to pass laws that work for rural communities, ecosystems, and water users. That is our…
New email records between federal officials and contractors for the Central Iron County Water District show that there are major plans in the works to re-start the water-stealing Cedar City…
Federal regulators moved to deny a key request from rPlus Hydro’s White Pine Water Power, delaying project permitting for nearly two years and rebuffing a request to expedite the hydrologic…