Nearly a year after the federal government asked the Colorado River Basin states to agree on a plan to save the Colorado River, the states have finally made a deal.…
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Great Basin Water Network
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BLM ISSUES A MAJOR SETBACK TO IRON COUNTY WATER GRAB
Baker, NV –– Opponents of the proposed Cedar City Pipeline and Water Grab…
Carson City, NV –– The Great Basin Water Network released the following statement on the release of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Near-Term Operations of the Colorado…
Nevada lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow the state to buy out water rights and retire them. The program would be administered by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural…
In Nevada, Bloomberg's Kal Penn investigates the lasting impacts of the Colorado River Compact, the 1922 agreement that doles out water rights to seven states. The system, over-optimistic from the…
The legislation tackles developing issues across the state: Managing Humboldt River where groundwater pumping is connected to the flows of the river; How to share water in the Lower White River…
Four states that use water from the Colorado River are asking the federal government to pause some water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, which…
Experts and advocates say the moves represent a step in the right direction for Utah’s capital, but it’s going to take more than one community to save the city’s namesake…
The Glen Canyon Dam is just 32 feed away from the "minimum power pool" - the point at which it would no longer generate power for the Basin States. As…
Alternatives for major modifications to Glen Canyon Dam surfaced Tuesday at a public meeting, the first acknowledgment by the federal government that the dam could require changes. But water conservation…