Update: Beware of Water Board Bearing Gifts (Part 2 of 2)
Carson City, NV, April 5. "Rehearing denied." With those two words, the Nevada Supreme Court again rejected an attempt by attorneys for the Virgin Valley Water Board to usurp traditional…
Colorado River Demand Reductions Urged During Symposium
On March 17 and 18, 2022, policymakers, legal pundits, and scientists gathered once again to reexamine the management of the Colorado River Basin. The event hosted by the Wallace Stegner…
Drought Partnership Funded
Cortez Masto Announces Grant Funding to Combat Drought in Nevada Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced that the University of Nevada, Reno will receive a $149,923 grant…
Lake Powell’s storage capacity updated for first time since 1986
SALT LAKE CITY – A new report released today and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation provides updated information on Lake Powell’s storage…
Beware of a Water Board bearing gifts (Part 1 of 2)
Mesquite, NV. March 7. When elected officials want to convince the public of their good intentions, they outsource strategies to contractors. Outsourcing allows elected officials to control the information delivered…
Take down the Glen Canyon Dam. Save the Colorado River
It is called "Rewilding." The idea aims to take down the Glen Canyon Dam and allow the Colorado River to flow through the Glen Canyon and other sandstone gorges as…
Virgin Valley Water Board Goes to Supreme Court to Avoid Jury Review of Rate Setting Practices
The Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB) has retained former Nevada Lieutenant Governor (2015 to 2019) Mark Hutchison of Hutchison & Steffen, PLLC, Las Vegas, to take a rate-setting issue to…
Cortez Masto Announces $40 Million to Fight Drought in Nevada and Across the West
For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced today that funds she worked to secure to fight drought are being delivered to Nevada through the bipartisan Infrastructure…
Reclamation to Focus on Partnership During Colorado River Conference
For Release: December 15, 2021 LAS VEGAS – Facing continued dry hydrology, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation will focus on partnerships and cooperation during the Colorado…
Federal Intervention, Conflict and Drought in the American West
By Colby Galliher, Ishita Krishan Monday, December 6, 2021, 11:22 AM The vast rangelands of the American West have been the site of competition and conflict for hundreds of years. And drought…
