Posted: Dec. 9, 2011 Author: Dennis Ghiglieri
 Thank You! to all who submitted comments to the State Engineer by Dec 2! Happy Holidays to all and thanks to everyone who submitted comments to the Nevada State Engineer opposing the water grab.... More
Posted: November 14, 2011 Author: Abby Johnson
Dec 2 Deadline for Comments to State Engineer on Water Grab Applications The State Engineer is accepting public comments (in writing, no email, no fax) until December 2 at 5 pm. Please write to the State Engineer to tell him your views about the SNWA applications for water in Spring, Dry Lake, Cave and Delamar Valleys. The State Engineer must consider SNWA's "... More
Posted: July 25, 2011 Author: Abigail Johnson
WATER GRAB EIS GUIDE WATER GRAB EIS GUIDE --
The future of one of America’s last great land- scapes is at stake! A massive groundwater mining scheme threatens to dry up the heart of the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah. We need your help to stop it!
The Water Grab EIS Guide tells you how. Download the Guide... More
Posted: July 4, 2011 Author: D. Ghiglieri
BLM EIS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB BLM EIS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
The BLM's Draft Environmental Impact Statement lacks the alternatives that thousands of people asked for, but it does show that the pipeline and pumping scheme to give Las Vegas 58 billion gallons a year of rural groundwater will have devastating effects. Read t... More
Posted: June 21, 2011 Author: Mark Bird
TEN REASONS TO STOP THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY'S PIPELINE Ten Reasons to stop the Southern Nevada Water Authority's Pipeline
The proposed pipeline to the desert lands of rural Nevada is the biggest public works boondoggle ever contrived by Clark County officials.
If the project was in a straight line and one added up the distance of the main pi... More
Posted: April 12, 2011 Author: Charlene Pete
Attention all you GBWN Supporters! Attention all you GBWN Supporters!
We need your help in providing fundraiser items for this summer's fundraiser. Please donate an item you have that reflects our beautiful region's art. It can be an object of art, portraits, frames, leather crafts, beading, jewelery, or whatever you feel i... More
Posted: March 25, 2011 Author: Richard Spotts
My two cents on the Lake Powell Pipeline FYI - If you are following the controversial proposed Lake Powell Pipeline (LPP), you may find the draft study report of interest. [Follow links at website http://www.powellpipelinefacts.org/ ]. Of the total of 23 draft study reports, I think that the one on alternatives development may be th... More
Posted: March 25, 2011 Author:
ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF NEVADA'S SPRINGS IN THE BLACK ROCK DESERT AREA - April 16-17 The Desert Research Institute, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Friends of Black Rock Desert and BLM are offering a training in how to evaluate the health of numerous springs that lie within the Black Rock NCA and the adjacent/included wilderness areas. The purpose of the training is to have trai... More
Posted: March 18, 2011 Author:
LAKE POWELL PIPELINE DRAFT STUDY REPORTS RELEASED COMMENT PERIOD OPEN LAKE POWELL PIPELINE DRAFT STUDY REPORTS RELEASED COMMENT PERIOD OPEN
St. George - March 22, 2011 - 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Lexington Hotel & Conference Center
Sabra Room, 850 South Bluff Street, St. George, Utah
Salt Lake City - March 23, 2011 - 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
State Office Bu... More
Posted: Feb 27, 2011 Author: Abigail Johnson
Water Gab: State Engineer Re-Opens Protest Period for 1989 SNWA applications Protest Workshops Scheduled For March ... call GBWN at 775/786-9955 for Info
Great Basin Water Network and its partners are holding workshops in March to help you complete a protest and get it notarized, or sign on to Great Basin Water Network’s protest instead of filing an individual protes... More
Posted: February 11, 2011 Author: D. Ghiglieri
RANCHING FAMILY IN DRY LAKE VALLEY TO BE DISPLACED BY SNWA'S CONNECTION TO SOLAR ENERGY Ranching family in Dry Lake Valley to be displaced by SNWA's pipeline water for solar industry
Yesterday at a meeting of the Lincoln County Commissioners to discuss solar development in Lincoln County alarmed all in attendance.
In addition to consuming the entire allotment of a ranching ... More
Posted: December 27, 2010 Author: Jack E. Williams and Cindy Deacon Williams
A Letter to Our Grandchildren from Students of the Natural World Dear precious ones,
Although our sons have not yet dreamed of you, you likely will be born in the next decade. The twenty-first century will be yours. Our greatest hope is that you will have a chance to love the Earth’s natural beauty as we have. Our connections with life were forged by many... More
Posted: August 17, 2010 Author: Dennis Ghiglieri
Demands for water in the Desert Southwest - not sustainable Demands for water in the Desert Southwest - not sustainable.
Desert areas of the southwestern U.S. face unsustainable water supplies in the immediate future. The effects of climate change will have a serious and continuing impact on water supply sustainability.
But even if climate chang... More
Posted: March 23, 2010 Author: Goshute Tribe
Goshute Tribe celebrates their natural spring water on World Water Day Goshute Tribe celebrates their natural spring water on World Water Day --
Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation participated in World Water Day. Participants ranged in age from 18 months to 70 years old. Tribal members and leaders pledged on Thursday not to use wat... More
Posted: February 24, 2010 Author: Simeon Herskovits Advocates for Community and Environment
Correcting the Misinformation about the NV Supreme Court Ruling Correcting the Misinformation about the NV Supreme Court Ruling ...
The Great Basin Water Network wants you to know that much misinformation is circulating about the recent Supreme Court ruling on water.
---UPDATE: See how to protest http://greatbasinwater.net ---
There is no consen... More
Posted: February 8, 2010 Author: Dean Baker
New Water Applications in Lake Valley New Water Applications in Lake Valley - By Dean Baker --
I noticed with interest the 28 applications for thousands of acre feet of water filed by a a developer in Lake Valley. It is possible that these applications might even hurt Snake Valley. Let me tell a little bit about the changes we... More
Posted: February 1, 2010 Author: Rob Mrowka
Species Still at Risk on Nevada Wildlife Refuges Despite New Plan by Feds Species Still at Risk on Nevada Wildlife Refuges Despite New Plan by Feds -
[T]he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced approval of a new management plan for the wildlife refuges in southern Nevada that will generally improve protection for the imperiled species of the refuges. But the ne... More
Posted: January 31, 2010 Author: Peg McEntee
McEntee: A celebration in the shadow of the Deep Creeks McENTEE: A CELEBRATION IN THE SHADOW OF THE DEEP CREEKS
On Friday, Cecil Garland advised me that he'd turned flip-flops, handsprings and cartwheels upon hearing the Nevada Supreme Court had slammed the door on plans to pump water out of Snake Valley to feed Las Vegas.
Figuratively speakin... More
Posted: January 25, 2010 Author: Gerald McDonough
SNAKE VALLEY RESIDENT: DON'T SIGN AGREEMENT SNAKE VALLEY RESIDENT: DON'T SIGN AGREEMENT
John D. Bredehoeft's [recent editorial in the SL Tribune] details in most cogent terms the reasons why the water deal with Nevada should not be signed - no matter what safeguards might be included in the document.
In a nutshell, the former USGS... More
Posted: January 18, 2010 Author: John D. Bredehoeft
Snake Valley pumping very hard to monitor Snake Valley pumping very hard to monitor
The Southern Nevada Water Authority proposes pumping groundwater from five desert basins in the Great Basin, including Snake Valley on the Nevada-Utah border, and piping the water south to Las Vegas. Under the proposed water-sharing agreement for Sna... More
Posted: January 16, 2010 Author: Mark Bird
Ten Reasons to stop the Southern Nevada Water Authority's Pipeline Ten Reasons to stop the Southern Nevada Water Authority's Pipeline
The proposed pipeline to the desert lands of rural Nevada is the biggest public works boondoggle ever contrived by Clark County officials.
If the project was in a straight line and one added up the distance of the main pi... More
Posted: January 15, 2010 Author: Ruppert Steele, Brian Moench, and Terry Marasco
10 reasons not to give Utah water to Nevada 10 REASONS NOT TO GIVE UTAH WATER TO NEVADA.
Utah's tourism slogan is "Life Elevated." Perfect irony, because what is most elevated in Utah is our air pollution -- the worst in the country this week and hardly a boon to tourism.
But it could be worse. In fact, if Gov. Gary Herbe... More
Posted: 9/16/2009 Author: Cecil Garland
Unambiguous NV/UT Shared Groundwater Agreement After having attended 5 meetings concerning the Snake Valley Draft Agreement between Utah and Nevada, my wife and I witnessed an almost total rejection of that agreement by the citizens of Utah who attended these meetings. This agreement is to divide the water in Snake Valley between Utah and N... More
Posted: 8/21/2009 Author:
Comment period on Snake Valley Utah-Nevada Agreement Extended to September 30 Comment period on Snake Valley Utah-Nevada Agreement Extended to September 30, 2009.
Get a copy of the agreement:
http://naturalresources.utah.gov/about-dnr/snake-valley-groundwater-agreement.html
http://water.nv.gov/
Written comments about the agreement will be accepted until S... More
Posted: 8/10/2009 Author:
GIVE THE PUBLIC A VOICE ON THE PIPELINE! SNWA Board to Vote Aug. 20 – Will the public be allowed to speak? GIVE THE PUBLIC A VOICE ON THE PIPELINE!
SNWA Board to Vote Aug. 20 – Will the public be allowed to speak?
The Southern Nevada Water Authority management has scheduled a “confidence vote” in the plan to pump billions of gallons of water annually from rural Nevada and Utah to Las Vegas.
P... More
Posted: July 10, 2009 Author: KLAS TV
SNWA Spends millions on outside law firms to push the rural water grabn SNWA Spends millions on outside law firms to push the rural water grab
See the following link for the full information.
http://www.greatbasinwater.net/pubs/snwa_attorney_contracts.pdf... More
Posted: June 28, 2009 Author:
More Reliable, Affordable. Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis Seawater Desal: More Reliable, Affordable.
For many years, desalination was regarded as a process applicable only to the Middle East and a few island communities with limited access to potable water sources. With the first generation of desalination equipment, which relied on a thermal-b... More
Posted: May 27, 2009 Author: Terry Marasco, Baker, Nevada
Open Letter To The Citizens of Utah; Wait for Science on Snake Valley West Desert Water Open Letter To The Citizens of Utah; Wait for Science on Snake Valley West Desert Water
Governor Huntsman, and perhaps now Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert may sign an agreement with Nevada to extract groundwater in NV and UT that would Depreciate Utah’s Economic and Cultural Assets for the growth of ... More
Posted: May 15, 2009 Author: Mark Bird
Desalination, conservation beats 600 plus mile pipeline Desalination, conservation beats 600 plus mile pipeline -- Mark Bird, formerly with the Bureau of Reclamation and now a professor at the Southern Nevada College, explains the reasons why desalination and conservation are what's needed in Southern Nevada and across the southwest rather than pipe... More
Posted: March 10, 2009 Author: Dean Baker
SNAKE VALLEY BATTLE: DEFENDING WATER TO PRESERVE THE WEST SNAKE VALLEY BATTLE: DEFENDING WATER TO PRESERVE THE WEST
More than one hundred residents of Snake Valley in Utah and Nevada met March 4th at Baker Hall in Baker, Nevada to discuss the importance of preparing the community for the upcoming Nevada State Water Engineer's hearings on the applic... More
Posted: February 2, 2009 Author: Cecil Garland
A Long Cold Night A LONG COLD NIGHT
It was clear as a bell and colder than Hell.
A heifer moved away. It was time, she could tell.
She moseyed across the field to a tall, grassy spot
And stood there quietly and looked around a lot.
After a while and with not another sound
She gently laid her hea... More
Posted: January 16, 2009 Author: Dean Baker
WHAT'S RIGHT VS. GREED, MONEY, AND POWER WHAT'S RIGHT VS. GREED, MONEY, AND POWER
Pipelines built to take the water and the future of rural Nevada to grow the metropolitan cities of Nevada will be the biggest disaster the people of Nevada have ever faced. It will affect every single person. A Carson City spokesman seem to say that ... More
Posted: November 4, 2008 Author: Video
Video on Water Grab Rural Nevadan's express concerns over water grab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoujfL0SNM
(copy the above link and paste into your browser)... More
Posted: October 17, 2008 Author: Mark Miller
Snake & Spring Valley Aquifer Water Conservation Snake & Spring Valley Aquifer Water Conservation (NV)
by Mark Miller
There are several reasons to avoid the proposed pipeline project diverting water from the Snake and Spring Valley aquifers to the Las Vegas region as planned by Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). This repor... More
Posted: September 11, 2008 Author: Dean Baker
Legacy of the SNWA Pipeline? Legacy of the SNWA Pipeline?
There is a great demand for increased water supplies for Las Vegas to sustain its rampant growth. Is a pipeline into another dry part of Nevada the answer or just a pipe dream? Is it a visionary solution, or a legacy of disaster, leaving debt, dried up desert, an... More
Posted: September 11, 2008 Author: Sam Bukis
Where do you think it will end? Where do you think it will end?
There's a town out west they call Baker
Over in Nevada's White Pine
A high desert home in Snake Valley
Folks seem to like it just fine
But Baker's only part of the picture
There's a community out on the land.
With Garrison and Eskdale counted
There's ... More
Posted: September 1, 2008 Author: Dennis Ghiglieri
CALL FOR PHOTOS – ProtectSnakeValley.com will be offering a 2009 calendar ... CALL FOR PHOTOS – ProtectSnakeValley.com will be offering a 2009 calendar of beautiful scenes of Snake Valley starting in October.
There are several accomplished photographers in the area, and this is a great opportunity to share your work with a wider audience. If you have photos that you... More
Posted: August 14, 2008 Author:
Las Vegas Sun's 5 Part Series on Water: Fascinating Reading. FASCINATING READING. LAS VEGAS SUN'S 5 PART SERIES ON THE "Las Vegas Water and Power".
This outstanding series written by Emily Green and published by the Las Vegas Sun plunges the reader into the deep waters of unrestricted growth in Southern Nevada and its desire to grab water r... More
Posted: July 10, 2008 Author: Rose Strickland
STOP THE PIPELINE - CONTACT THE DECISION-MAKERS TODAY STOP THE PIPELINE - CONTACT THE DECISION-MAKERS TODAY
Please make these points:
• Remind these four SNWA Board members only they have the ability to stop the pipeline.
• Request them to ask the hard questions about the true pipeline costs and who pays, and about the economic, social, and... More
Posted: June 15, 2008 Author: Cecil Garland and Ed Firmage
Las Vegas Water Grab Threatens Great Basin Communities:Critical Mass and the Depopulation of Spring Valley CRITICAL MASS AND THE DEPOPULATION OF SPRING VALLEY: Critical mass in physics is the amount of material that must be present before a chain reaction can sustain itself. Critical mass has also come to mean the size or scale at which a community acquires self-sustaining viability.
Spring Vall... More
Posted: June 22, 2008 Author:
Sign Our Online Petition against the water grab. What Can I Do? Decisions on water projects are being made every day – by local governments, state legislatures, and congress. Use our Web site to stay informed on news and events and actions you can take. Help us spread knowledge of the problems of grabbing rural water and support sustainable ... More
Posted: April 16, 2008 Author: Cecil Garland
A CALVING-TIME LAMENT It's never very easy for me
To rise and dress at A.M. 3.
I go to see if all is well
To know- only my eyes can tell.
I'm soon embraced with the cold night air
Then startled awake by the moon's neon glare.
The mountain is a stark brilliant white
Ridges and canyons etched in dark a... More
Posted: Nov. 25, 2007 Author: Mark Bird
Local water officials need to make up for lost time The Southern Nevada Water Authority has had deplorable water conservation policies for more than a decade.
Ninety percent of the water used in Clark County derives from Lake Mead. Of the water in Lake Mead, California has entitlement to 49 percent, Arizona 31 percent, Mexico 17 percent and N... More
Posted: Nov. 30, 2007 Author: Cecil C. Garland
The Project Almost three years ago, SNWA came to Baker and declared that they intended to take water from Snake Valley. Most of our efforts since that time has been in keeping our water here, getting our story out to the media, affecting the thinking and understanding of our local, state, and federal gover... More
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