Attached below is our comment letter for the revised draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for operations at Glen Canyon Dam and Hoover Dam through 2026.
This comment letter is provided by…
High-End Housing in the Lowlands of the Colorado River Floodplain
There is a brand of schadenfreude in this country that usually comes at the expense of wealthy people who…
Last Tuesday, weeks after submitting a formal protest, we attended a hearing on Blackstone Minerals’ filing for water rights in Green River, UT –– opposing the company’s application for…
Sign Our Petition: Foreign Companies Want to Cash In On the Lithium Rush with the Colorado River System
We show up for the water resources we vow to protect. …
Muddy Waters Aren't Coming to Our Sandy Deserts
Along the mighty Mississippi River, saltwater intrusions are making headlines and jeopardizing water management in communities that depend on the nation’s hardest…
Water warriors,
We have another newsletter raising the hard questions about western water issues and providing a few answers to boot. This week we go to the muddy banks of the…
The Paradox of the American West Our Executive Director, Kyle Roerink, was featured in today’s Business Insider piece by Kyle Paoletta, speaking to the cost of sprawl in the West…
Issues of title and ownership aren’t the sexiest water issues in an era of aridification. But the competing interests that are wheeling and dealing for scarce water resources amid the…
Issues of title and ownership aren’t the sexiest water issues in an era of aridification. But the competing interests that are wheeling and dealing for scarce water resources amid the…
GBWN is proud to welcome Chandler Rosenberg, our newest full-time staffer –– made possible by your generous support. As Deputy Director, Chandler will be helping to manage campaigns, legislative issues,…
It's not every day that we get to celebrate the defeat of a proposed water grab.
Thank you for taking the time to read something other than a weather report, water…
Today, the Great Basin Water Network and Living Rivers released the following statements after the Bureau of Reclamation publicized its August 24-Month Study, which will trigger a Tier 1…
CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPERS APPLY FOR WATER IN GRANITE SPRINGS VALLEY ONCE AGAIN
As longtime followers know, we voraciously track regulatory filings. Recent applications in the Nevada State Engineer’s office highlight that…
As longtime followers know, we voraciously track regulatory filings. Recent applications in the Nevada State Engineer’s office highlight that developers are pursuing more ill-conceived efforts near Pyramid Lake in a…
Nevada –– The Great Basin Water Network released the following statement after the Bureau of Reclamation issued a Notice to Solicit Comments and Hold Public Scoping Meetings on the Development…
After months of negotiations, seven Western states along the Colorado River have agreed to water cuts over the next three years to help keep two of the main reservoirs, Lake Mead…
In a move to stave off a proposed first-in-history drastic reduction by the federal government of water that California, Nevada and Arizona receive from the Colorado River, the trio of…
The Interior Department on Monday said it would review a plan submitted by Arizona, California and Nevada to conserve 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water over the next three years.
The plan…