Water

From the Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition, a report-back from the 2014 Sacred Water Tour: By Max Wilbert, Susan Hyatt, Katie Wilson, and Michael Carter, Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition In late May 2014, members of Deep Green Resistance (DGR), Great Basin Water Network, the Ely-Shoshone Indian tribe, and others toured the valleys of eastern Nevada and western Utah targeted by the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) for groundwater extraction. [1] ...

Ely, Nev. – A camping tour of the region that will be affected by the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) groundwater development project is taking place over memorial day weekend – and you’re invited. The trip, which will take place from May 24th to 26th, will begin at the north end of the water grab region, at the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation in Ibapah, Utah – a community which has been organizing to stop the groundwater project for years. ...

DGR Chicago responds to Governor Quinn’s January 29, 2014 State of the State Address: Contrary to the words of Governor Quinn during his recent address, Illinois is in a state of disaster. Quinn mentions extreme weather – but not climate change. Illinois residents have experienced the coldest winter in more than 30 years. This is the result of unusually high Pacific Ocean temperatures caused by global climate change. It was this shift in ocean temperatures that disrupted the “polar vortex” and plunged the country into an arctic winter. ...

STOP THE WATER GRAB! Las Vegas developers are scheming to take all the groundwater from eastern Nevada. We aim to stop them! Memorial Day weekend (May 24th to 26th) we will touring the water grab region. We will be guided by the traditional inhabitants of this land, members of the Goshute and Shoshone nations. We’ll be camping in some of the beautiful places threatened by the water grab, learning about the sacred and cultural sites of the region, and connecting to the land. \\\______________ ...

Saturday, January 11, 2014 Did you know that Las Vegas is planning a $15 billion project to extract water from the driest places in the country? And that ranchers, farmers, indigenous and rural communities, hunters, and environmentalists are coming together to fight it? \\\______ Watch community organizers speak about the so-called “Water Grab” - the project that is the epitome of unsustainable development and massive public subsidy to the rich. ...

Check out this gallery of basic photographs about the Great Basin and the SNWA water grab: Greatbasinmap Barrel Cactus Creek Deep Creek Range Dry Colorado River Dust Hazard - Clean Air Facilities\_-\_Groundwater\_Development\_Project Foliage Great Basin National Park Hillside Elk Habitat Horned Desert Lizard Lake Mead - 3 intakes Mallow Flower Moonrise Nevada Desert Poster - Spring 2014 SNWA Tour Ranch 1 Ranch Well ??????????????????????????????? SNWA Water Grab Map SNWA website - Groundwater Development Project Sucks Natives Water Away Sunset Swamp Cedar Test Well Underneath Mountains Walk and Run for Sacred Water Well at Swamp Cedars

The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute, or CTGR (the name “Goshute” derives from the native word Ku’tsip or Gu’tsip, people of ashes, desert, or dry earth), [17] “reside in an isolated oasis in the foothills of the majestic Deep Creek Mountains on what is now the Utah/ Nevada state line,” according to their web page Protect Goshute Water. There are 539 enrolled tribal members, and about 200 of them live in Deep Creek Valley. “Our reservation lies in one of the most sparsely populated regions of the United States, and it has always been our home. Resulting from this isolation, we have benefited by retaining strong cultural ties to Goshute land, our traditions, and a resolute determination to protect our ways. ...