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Sep. 02, 2009
 SNWA's Secret Plan (Ely Times Editorial) It's not surprising that SNWA's Pat Mulroy wants to present only her best case for building the watergrab pipeline. However, omission is a form of lying. And what Pat Mulroy leaves out is often more important than what she says. Here is a list of; what Pat Mulroy won't stop talking about, and w... More
Sep. 02, 2009
Snake Valley Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring their annual Labor Day BBQ and Dance on Saturday, September 5 The meal is to be served at 4PM at the Baker Ranches Cookhouse in Baker. Loose Connection is set to begin performing at the Border Inn on Highway 6&50 at 8PM. Tickets for a 50/50 raffle will be on sale. The winner will receive half and the other half will be donated to the valley efforts... More
Sep. 02, 2009
2 meetings on Snake Valley plan Concerns over a proposed water sharing agreement between Nevada and Utah have prompted a pair of meetings next week for residents to learn more about the draft Snake Valley Water Agreement.
The first meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 8, will be at 7 p.m. in the Millard County Fair Building, 187 S. Man... More
Sep. 02, 2009
Baker, Nevada: locked in a 20 year game of "freeze tag" [guest editorial, Abby Johnson] How did it get to be September? The swift passage of time falls in the category of “things my mother told me that I didn't believe.” Mom foretold that time would speed as I got older, but, as a teenager home for the entire summer with World War II-vintage parents, it was impossible to understan... More
Aug. 26, 2009
And elsewhere ... huge water diversions are being stopped The Press Democrat reports that the Sonoma County water agency isn't going to pursue taking more water from the Russian River:
"In a major reversal of government water policy that could potentially restrict future growth in Sonoma County, the county Water Agency is abandoning efforts to... More
Aug. 26, 2009
"I think we forget that we live in a desert." [Ely Times]
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Snake Valley rancher Dean Baker led Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon on a recent tour of sites along the Nevada-Utah border that have been affected by a century of agricultural operations. Corroon and other elected officials in Utah have raised concerns that the Southe... More
Aug. 26, 2009
Tiny mollusk could slow pipeline project to a snail's pace [Ely Times]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering federal protections for the longitudinal gland pyrg, a tiny snail that inhabits three known springs in Snake Valley. At one time, freshwater snails were found at other sites throughout the valley, but agricultural development has ... More
Aug. 22, 2009
Vegas Blinks (Chance 'o Rain) The much vaunted “up or down” vote on the proposed Great Basin pipeline that General Manager Pat Mulroy reportedly demanded of her board at the Southern Nevada Water Authority today descended into a long, polite and more than a little bit bizarre political retreat. Rather than confront her boa... More
Aug. 21, 2009
Pipeline? What Pipeline? (Emily Green reports on the "hearing") IF August 20th in Las Vegas proved anything, it’s what can happen when a publicity stunt backfires.
What had been hyped by a local newspaper and Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, as an “up-or-down” vote on the Las Vegas pipeline project soon gave way to emba... More
Aug. 21, 2009
Why Doesn't the SNWA Focus on Water Conservation? If Lake Mead went dry, could Las Vegas survive? ...
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