Smokecreek1
Smokecreek1
A friend just sent me as notice from the GBWN about the latest Nevada water grab with a petition and lots of data. The local Reno PBS stations has been following this for a while and this site talks about this project-draining the water table from eastern Nevada around the GB National Park and shipping it to LV. It's a good site and can been found at http//www.greatbasinwater.net/. "Usin wonderers" should keep abreast of what's going on out there! I remember we almost lost our Susanville water years ago to Reno group-they were going to take their half of the water table (Nevada side) of Honey Lake and the western Smoke Creek Desert so they could build more houses in Reno. We (Susanville BLM-the Give E's and the local ranchers, susanville, lassen county and the state of California ) came out against the water grab, so our Washington BLM Office put Carson City BLM (the taker) in charge of the project. Eventually Reno joined with us against the project-(they were not part of the group that tried to grab our water) probably thought the water would be to dirty i think! Anyway the Sec of Interior finally came out against it and refused to authorize it. These things happen all the time, they even were starting a new water grab when I retired, so you really have to watch what happens out there before the populated cities/areas and big money take it from us.
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