On March 15, GBWN Board Member Delaine Spilsbury and Chairman Rupert Steele continued on a journey to do what was once thought impossible. They addressed lawmakers about the need to protect a sacred area in Spring Valley known as the…
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This week lawmakers introduced the long-awaited “Water Banking” and “Conservation” bills, AB 354 and AB 356 (respectively).
These are GBWN’s top priorities for this session. We are still reviewing the bills. But,…
On Monday at 4 PM in the Nevada Assembly Natural Resources Committee, lawmakers will be making history. There will be two hearings on two bills, AJR4 and AB171, which seek to create new protections for the Swamp Cedars. Lawmakers will…
In the arid west, it is paramount for water users and water advocates to have access to the justice system to defend their interests. Before the legislative session began the Nevada Division of Water Resources released a bill that would…
You may have heard of Blockchains LLC. It wants to build a city 20 miles east of Reno at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center that would be dubbed an “Innovation Zone” in state law. A proposal in the Nevada Legislature…
GBWN, its friends at the Utah Rivers Council and other groups won a major victory after federal officials responded to our demands for an investigation on the proposal to dam the East Fork of the Virgin River. Known as Cove…
Should federal money for famers be spent on a dam in the desert that will serve municipal development? GBWN doesn’t think so. Last week we joined a coalition led by the Utah Rivers Council to help ensure that taxpayer dollars…
In early December, brokers on Wall Street began trading water futures as if the resource were gold or oil. This has led to more debate about the policy role of things like water markets, water banks or storage accounts. …
GBWN recently submitted comments to federal officials opposing another boondoggle in Southern Utah. This time Washington County and Kane County officials want to build a damn on the East Fork of the Virgin River a stone’s throw from Zion National…
Today, the Great Basin Water Network is proud to welcome Autumn Harry as a campaign strategist.
Autumn Harry is from Kooyooe Pa’a Panunadu (Pyramid Lake), located in Northern Nevada. Autumn is a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and is…