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 groundwater rights near the banks of the largest tributary in…
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. On Tuesday, weeks after submitting a formal protest, we attended…
As news about the Colorado River trickles out in the press, we’ve received questions and noticed a little bit of confusion in the water world about the myriad of regulatory ongoings currently undergoing federal review. We’re here to break it…
The Great Basin Water Network and Living Rivers-Colorado Riverkeeper released the following statements after the Bureau of Reclamation released a revised SEIS for short-term management at Lakes Powell and Mead.
The document comes at a time when the nation…
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 working river. The problems in a region often considered to…
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 mighty Mississippi –– where years ago a former SNWA general…
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 — something we must reconsider as we look towards a…
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 hazy halls of government must not be immune to scrutiny.…
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 hazy halls of government must not be immune to scrutiny.…