CITIZENS’ HEARING ON THE SNAKE VALLEY WATER DEAL

Utah proposes to sign an agreement to permit the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump
36,000 acre feet of water per year from Utah’s Snake Valley to Las Vegas. This deal could
devastate area ranching, wildlife and recreation, and turn this West Desert valley into a dust
bowl affecting the air quality [...]

Salient Points to Send to Policymakers

Terry Marasco from Baker, NV, long time activist against the water grab sent me these great points. Send comments to snakevalley@utah.gov

RE: Concerns with the UT NV Water Agreement

August 23, 2009

1. The removal of [...]

Look for New Bike Lanes and Green Lanes

The City has released a schedule of work that has been done already or will be done in the near future in the area of bike lanes and other transportation projects. The city has already created significant new bike lanes in the SW quadrant of the City and will soon [...]

Car Sharing in SLC

SLC has contracted with U Car Share (a subsidiary of U-Haul) and now has a car sharing program just like more progressive cities such as Eugene/Portland, Or, Madison, and Berkeley. There is a one time $25 fee that I think can be waived through a promotional deal, and then each [...]

Water Deal Uniformly Panned

Although Utah State DNR head continues to laud what he says is a fair water deal between Utah and Nevada most others are uniformly rejecting the agreement. Foremost among the opponents of the deal are the Utah Association of Counties not usually known to be on the forefront of environmental [...]

Draft Water Agreement Between Utah and Nevada Released

Just today the draft agreement between Utah and Nevada was circulated for public review. Public hearings to be held next week in various locales that includes Salt Lake City and Delta. The rhetoric evident from Utah state press releases is that the agreement equitably allocates water to [...]

SLC Bike Lanes to Increase by 1/3rd

I was able to get some of the maps that detail the new bike lanes that will soon be painted this summer and fall. SLC Bicycle Coordinator Dan Bergenthal said that they tried to put new lanes where no road work would be required and all they would have to [...]

SE Utah Uranium Mine Challenged

Utah’s first new Uranium Mine in three decades, the Daneros Mine, is being challenged by Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance SUWA and Uranium Watch. The BLM approved the permits allegedly without adequate environmental review and now the company’s intention to begin mining in September of this year is apparently on hold. [...]

Utah Ready to Sell-Out to NV prematurely?

Both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News are reporting that state officials in UT and NV will soon come to an agreement on the controversial pipeline from the Snake Valley to Las Vegas in the near future. Some had thought that the UT Governor to be Gary Herbert [...]

Study Predicts Dire Water Crisis

Overallocation and climate change could dry up Colorado River Reservoirs by 2057 according to a new University of Colorado study. The Colorado River provides water for approximately 27 million people. If there were only a 10% reduction in flow there would be a 25% chance of depletion and a [...]