For folks in Nevada and Utah, urban sprawl is one of the greatest threats to the region's water supply. Many will recall the rapid growth of Las Vegas in the early 2000s. That population hike was one of the fallacies…
Generosity is the backbone of GBWN. Without the big hearts of our supporters, we would not be where we are today.
When we got a call a few weeks back from a generous donor offering to match donations up to $50,000…
Help our coalition of farmers, ranchers, tribes, conservationists and businesses who are committed to protecting water in Great Basin National Park and other desert valleys stop the Cedar City Water Grab. If we lose billions of gallons of water in…
A magazine spread like this doesn’t happen often for a scrappy group like ours.
Then again, a victory like the one we’ve collectively achieved only comes every few generations.
High Country News has long chronicled our uphill battle. This journalistic denouement is…
You can’t make this up.
In late October, student journalists at Dixie State University in St. George put out a “fake news” edition in order to help educate readers about how to combat the information pandemic plaguing society.
On the front page…
Dennis and I met Norm Harry on a Sierra Club hike to a stand of huge Ponderosa Pines on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation in Western Nevada in the 1980's. His warm welcome and easy sharing of his extensive knowledge…
Thank you, Rob, for serving many years on the Great Basin Water Network's Board of Directors. Few people really know how much you sacrificed for rural water over the years. You lived and worked in the lion's den of Las…
One of the unsung heroes of our hard-fought water victory is our webmaster, John Walker. Behind the scenes, for more years than we can count, John has posted and archived news, information and resources about our multi-decade water fight. John…
Two project proposals in Utah are a major threat to GBWN’s long-term mission and preserving our victory in stopping the Las Vegas Pipeline: the Pine Valley Water Supply Project in Utah's West Desert and the Lake Powell Pipeline for St.…
NEVADA
We’ve had a nice respite from the legislative hullabaloo of 2019. But the 2021 session is just around the corner. A number of bills are in the works right now. We don’t have all the language yet. By the time…