Water

  • Yea! Nevada Supreme Court Rules Against Vegas Water Claim

    Ralph Maughan

    A great victory for rural Nevada and the land and wildlife over Pat Mulroy and Southern Nevada Water Authority- “Plans to siphon billions of gallons of groundwater from rural Nevada were tossed out today by the Nevada Supreme Court.” Nevada Supreme Court Rules Against Vegas Water Claim. LasVegasNow.com ~more~ Nevada water pipeline: In jeopardy? Greenspace:…

  • Utah governor to sign Snake Valley water pact with Nevada

    Ralph Maughan

    Does he care that it will turn the Nevada/Utah border into a dustbowl? Guv ready to make Snake Valley water deal with Nevada. By Brandon Loomis. The Salt Lake Tribune Don’t sign, governor. Snake Valley water pact needs work. Salt Lake Tribune Editorial. We hoped the recent court loss by the Southern Nevada Water Authority…

  • North America's biggest freshwater fish slips toward extinction

    Ralph Maughan

    Harmed by the effects of the Libby Dam, the Kootenai River sturgeon haven’t spawned for 35 years now- North America’s biggest fish slips toward extinction. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press.

  • Nevada: Rancher greed has no limits

    Ralph Maughan

    They even resent wildlife guzzlers– “Members of the [Nevada] state Board of Agriculture argue that as their numbers increase, guzzlers are altering the landscape and taking precious resources, whether water or forage, from ranchers. They want to stop the Nevada Department of Wildlife from constructing any new guzzlers and are exploring possible legal challenges. Some…

  • One more British Columbia threat to Glacier National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Gold deposit discovered on ridge visible from Glacier in the North Fork Flathead River- First it was coal mining, then coal bed methane, now gold; and all the pollution runs into the United States. Canadian company claims rich gold find north of Glacier National Park, raising concerns. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian

  • More water release from dams could bring new cottonwoods on the Upper Missouri River

    Ralph Maughan

    Cottonwood along the Upper Missouri in Montana all date before the dams. Some are two centuries old- More flow could bring back trees. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer

  • Nevada no 1 in per capita water use; Utah no 2

    Ralph Maughan

    These most arid states are frivolous in their water use- The direct reason for this is their determination to grow and do things that belong in water rich areas — fight the areas’ natural lack of water or fight some other natural factor.*  That’s why they build so many dams, dewater their streams, construct huge…

  • Utah: Nuclear power water rights protests triggers public hearing

    Ralph Maughan

    Are local people waking up to the fact that energy development in the remote West lacks the water necessary- The attitude of many interior Western politicians is, and generally has been, that they are happy to be a colony for the rest of the country as long as they can be glorified for a few…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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