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NEW! SNAKE VALLEY WATER GRAB:

• CEP DOCUMENTS:
• NEW! WATER STUDY FLAWED, MORE RESEARCH NEEDED, CEP PRESS RELEASE, JULY 30, 2007
• NEW! COMMENTS BY ROBIN DAVIS, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST, 7/30/07
• NEW! DRAFT BASIN AND RANGE CARBONATE AQUIFER SYSTEM STUDY (BARCASS) CITIZENS EDUCATION PROJECT COMMENTS, 7/30/07

FEATURED: PRESS RELEASE: NEW REPORT OUTLINES REGIONAL WATER THREATS, OFFERS SOLUTIONS GAMBLING ON THE WATER TABLE,THE HIGH-STAKES IMPLICATIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS PIPELINE FOR PLANTS, ANIMALS, PLACES AND PEOPLE, -- DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE AND THE GREAT BASIN WATER NETWORK, OCTOBER 2007

• REID SAYS STATE'S WATER TOO VALUABLE TO WASTE ON POWER, BY RUDY HERNDON, ELY TIMES REPORTER, 11/08/2007
• EASTERN NEVADA: BIGGER PIPELINE PLAN FLOATED. WATER AUTHORITY'S HIGH-END ESTIMATE REACHES $3.5 BILLION. BY HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 06, 2007
• A PROBLEMATIC THIRST:IS IT 'PIPELINE INEVITABLE?', CONSERVATION GROUPS SAY LAS VEGANS CAN CUT WATER USE ENOUGH TO SAVE THE GREAT BASIN, BY PHOEBE SWEET, LAS VEGAS SUN, OCTOBER 22, 2007
• THE DUSTBOWL EFFECT, ENVIRONMENTALISTS CALL A PLAN SUPPORTED BY SEN. HARRY REID TO PUMP WATER FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO LAS VEGAS AS DANGEROUS AS GLOBAL WARMING BY PHOEBE SWEET, LAS VEGAS SUN, OCTOBER 13, 2007
• NOAA CHIEF URGES STUDY OF CLIMATE, BY JOE BAUMAN, DESERET MORNING NEWS, OCTOBER 11, 2007
• RURAL GROUNDWATER PIPELINE PROJECT PRESSES AHEAD BY TONY ILLIA, LAS VEGAS BUSINESS PRESS, 10/05/07
• SHARING WATER IS KEY TO RICHARDSON'S PLAN, BY MICHAEL J. MISHAK, LAS VEGAS SUN, OCTOBER 04, 2007
• BLM SUED FOR RECORDS OF REID CONTACTS, WASHINGTON (AP), 09/19/2007
• BIG SPONGE: LAS VEGAS PUMPING COULD CREATE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS, TRIBUNE EDITORIAL, 09/15/2007
• BIOLOGIST: WATER PLAN INVITES PERIL, DRAINING AQUIFERS FOR VEGAS DEVELOPMENT WOULD ENDANGER SPECIES, HE SAYS, BY PATTY HENETZ,THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. 09/08/2007
• DAILY GLEAN: OUR WATER CZARINA IS SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, 09/07/2007
• PROFESSOR DOUBTS 'SURPLUS', TAPPING RURAL GROUNDWATER WILL CAUSE HARM, ARTICLE'S AUTHOR SAYS,BY LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL, 08/07/2007
• NEW STUDY SHOWS LARGE-SCALE GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL COULD HURT REGIONAL BIODIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS, 09/06/2007
• WEST DESERT BAIT-AND-SWITCH, DESERET MORNING NEWS EDITORIAL, SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
• 2 STATES' WATER WAR HEATS UP, UTAHNS PROTESTING NEVADA'S PITCH FOR 50,679 ACRE-FEET BY JOE BAUMAN, DESERET MORNING NEWS, AUGUST 31, 2007
• SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SURFACE-WATER RESOURCES TO GROUND-WATE WITHDRAWALS IN THE GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK AREA, USGS REPORTS, JUNE 2006
• HARRY REID SAYS UTAH TRYING TO STEAL ‘OUR' WATER, BY RUDY HERNDON, ELY TIMES, 08/30/2007
• HEARING SET FOR PLAN TO PUMP RURAL NEVADA WATER TO LAS VEGAS, BY BRENDAN RILEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER, AUGUST 28, 2007
• PRESS RELEASE: LAS VEGAS DOUBLES DEMAND FOR SNAKE VALLEY WATER , INCREASE FURTHER THREATENS REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, 08/28/07
• STATE PRESSED ON WATER DEAL, TRIBE, WEARY OF INACTION, HOLDS COURT-DECISION TRUMP CARD, SHAUN MCKINNON, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, AUG. 27, 2007
• STUDY FIRST, KEN HILL, PUBLIC FORUM LETTER, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 08/09/2007
• HANDS OFF, TED MCDONOUGH, SALT LAKE WEEKLY, 8/09/07
• TOP LAS VEGAS WATER OFFICIAL BLASTS UTAH REQUEST FOR STUDY, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 08/04/2007
• GROUNDWATER TAPPING: BATTLE WITH UTAH BREWING, REQUEST FOR STUDY OF PLANS UPSETS WATER CHIEF MULROY, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, BY HENRY BREAN, AUG. 02, 2007
• SNAKE VALLEY AQUIFER AT STAKE, PUMPING PLAN STIRS FEARS OF A MODERN 'DUST BOWL' IN UTAH'S WEST DESERT, BY PATTY HENETZ, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 08/01/2007
• WATER AUTHORITY PLAYS HARDBALL WITH RURAL NEVADANS, GEORGE KNAPP, CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, KLAS TV, JULY 24, 2007
• WATER DOES FLOW UPHILL TOWARD BIG MONEY, BY LISSA JAMES, ASPEN TIMES, JULY 7, 2007
• PUMPING PROJECT: LITTLE FISH ENTANGLES WATER PLAN, GROUPS WARN OF THREAT TO SPECIES, BY KEITH ROGERS, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 06/22/2007
• ENVIROMENTALISTS SAY NEVADA WATER GRAB PLAN WOULD THREATEN TINY CHUB FISH, BY PATTY HENETZ, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 06/22/2007
• SIMULATED EFFECTS OF PROPOSED GROUND-WATER PUMPING IN 17 BASINS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEVADA,1995 SCHAEFER AND HARRILL
• WATER GRAB COVER STORY: "WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS?", JUNE 2007
• LAS VEGAS WATER BATTLE: 'CROPS VS. CRAPS', NPR, 6/12/2007
• WATER AUTHORITY: DISTRUST AWAITS OFFICIAL, AGENCY'S RANCH PURCHASES COULD DRAIN COUNTY COFFERS, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, JUN. 12, 2007
• A THREAT TO WATER TABLE, GEOLOGIST SAYS NEVADA PROJECT COULD HARM WESTERN UTAH LEVEL, BY JOE BAUMAN, DESERET MORNING NEWS, JUNE 12, 2007
• PROTECT UTAH WATER: NEW STUDY SHOWS WHY LAS VEGAS PLAN COULD HURT UTAH TRIBUNE EDITORIAL, 06/09/2007
• PUBLIC RELATIONS SHOWCASE A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER POLICY. BY LAUNCE RAKE, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE OF NEVADA, 06/05/07
• VEGAS TAPPING UTAH WATER?, AQUIFERS IN WEST DESERT MORE CONNECTED THAN FIRST THOUGHT, BY CHRISTOPHER SMART THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 06/05/2007
• LAS VEGAS PLAN IS ALL WET, DESERET MORNING NEWS EDITORIAL, JUNE 05, 2007
• STUDY RAISES GROUNDWATER CONCERN, BY JOE BAUMAN, DESERET MORNING NEWS, JUNE 04, 2007
• PRELIMINARY COMMENTS FOR RESPONSE TO BARCASS, BY CEP DIRECTOR STEVE ERICKSON, JUNE 2, 2007
• USGS BASIN AND RANGE CARBONATE-ROCK AQUIFER SYSTEM(BARCAS) STUDY
• U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT: WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHAT IT DOESN'T MEAN, PLAN NEVADA, JUNE 1, 2007
• SLOW THE FLOW: WATER EFFICIENCY BEFORE LAKE POWELL PIPELINE. TRIBUNE EDITORIAL SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 05/31/2007
• NEVADA STATE ENGINEER’S RULING - A UTAH PERSPECTIVE, BY CEP DIRECTOR STEVE ERICKSON, 04/20/2007
• LAS VEGUS SUN EDITORIAL: WATER RULING BRINGS HOPE, 04/19/2007
• NEVADA STATE ENGINEER'S DECISION ON THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY'S SPRING VALLEY WATER APPLICATION, APRIL 17, 2007
• GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY REFERENCES - 04/11/2007
• AN ARID WEST NO LONGER WAITS FOR RAIN, BY RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD AND KIRK JOHNSON, NY TIMES, 04/05/2007
• LAS VEGAS AQUIFER PROPOSAL, OPPONENTS RALLY AROUND GROUNDWATER STUDY,AGAINST PLAN THAT COULD DRY UP THE SNAKE VALLEY, BY JOE BAIRD, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. 03/27/2007
• IMPACT OF WATER PLAN IN QUESTION, OFFICIAL SAYS SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY OF LARGER AREA NEEDED, BY STEVE FIDEL, DESERET MORNING NEWS, 03/27/2007
• THE IMPORTANCE OF GROUND WATER TO RIVERS IN THE WEST, A REPORT BY TROUT UNLIMITED'S WESTERN WATER PROJECT
• SPRING VALLEY LAND: WATER BOARD IN CATTLE BUSINESS, AUTHORITY BUYS TWO WHITE PINE COUNTY RANCHES, LIVESTOCK, BY HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL, MAR. 16, 2007
• NEWS RELEASE, FEBRUARY 13, 2007: UTAH LEGISLATORS RESOLVE TO CURB "WATER GRAB"
• LAS VEGAS SUN, FEBRUARY 18, 2007, IN STATE'S CIVIL WAR, THE SOUTH IS GAINING ON THE NORTH
• LAS VEGAS SUN, FEB. 19, 2007, CHIEF OF STAFF: GOVERNOR DIDN'T MEAN WHAT HE SAID,
  PIPELINE COMMENT TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT,BY ED KOCH

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