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