George Wuerthner updates his arguments about need to have cows to prevent sprawl-
A long time ago I tended to be the kind of conservationist who grudgingly thought we had to give all kinds of perks to livestock interests so they wouldn’t sell and subdivide the West. I was becoming disillusioned with the results of […]
Continue Reading →Legislation from 2003 had a hidden flaw-
The small oversight that threatens the valley’s big pipeline proposal. Nevada Supreme court cites a wording error in ’03 legislation. By Emily Green and Tom Gorman, Las Vegas Sun.
The seemingly unstoppable “water witch of the West” made an early mistake.
I hope it is truly dead, […]
Continue Reading →This is an essay by George Wuerther on the topic whether we have to choose cows or housing development. I put it up in reponse to Wilderness Muse’s query on another post.
Note: this was written in 2003.
Condos or Cows? Neither! (1-20-03 edit)
by © George Wuerthner
Box 839
Richmond, Vermont
FLAWED […]
Continue Reading →Great Basin Water Network tells the “real reason” why Utah politicians laid down for Las Vegas water steal-
The Great Basin Water Network says Utah will give up Snake Valley and state’s air quality to Las Vegas for support of their own urban sprawl pipeline — Lake Powell to St. George, UT.
Pat Mulroy […]
Continue Reading →Were the interests of Utah protected in the water deal between Utah and Nevada to pipe underground desert water to Las Vegas?
The Latest on this growing controversy.
Snake Valley water split angers Utahns. Deseret News. By Amy Joi O’Donoghue.
Utah-Nevada water plan draws fire. The proposal would divide water from […]
Southern Nevada Water Authority and supports face residents of eastern Nevada, conservationists, Native Americans-
“Water war” 25 years out, no end in sight to water pipeline fight. By Stephanie Tavares. Las Vegas Sun
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Earlier in this blog (Aug. 8). Nevada’s “water wizard” to ask for vote of confidence in face of opposition to […]
Continue Reading →Nevada’s “water wizard” to ask for vote of confidence in face of opposition to more draining the desert-
Southern Nevada Water Authority’s boss, Pat Mulroy, thought by many to be the most powerful woman in the Interior West, says she wants a quick vote from Water Authority members [this is a board, not the public] […]
Continue Reading →NYT Times thinks so. It should be obvious to everyone-
That’s what we need, more urban sprawl on the front range of the Rockies in Colorado; and the water to fuel it will by pumped in from far away — SW Wyoming — the upper Green River. This kind of thinking is […]
Continue Reading →Divide develops over dam. A proposed $431 million dam and reservoir project north of Fort Collins riles those who see it as a disastrous strangling of the picturesque Cache la Poudre River. By Michael Booth. The Denver Post.
The dam is said to be justified by projected growth of new homes. Instead it is […]
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