In April 2014, the Bundy family declared “range war” against the federal government and democratic rule of law. One seemingly “fringe” state legislato
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Since our last check-in on the Colorado River’s water shortage, our water forecast has only worsened. Meanwhile, the political forecast for federal cl
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The 81st Session of the Nevada Legislature is already almost over. And already, Nevadans across the state are asking: What exactly have they been doin
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Remember “Infrastructure Week”? For far longer than a week, reporters, pundits, and policy wonks have been honing in on President Joe Biden’s infrastr
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Colorado College released its annual Conservation in the West Poll, and we once again have evidence that Nevadans and fellow American Westerners suppo
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Climate change is a worldwide crisis. It’s easy to forget this when America is in a constant state of “crisis of crises”. But with wildfires still bur
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The 2020 Tahoe Summit program was unlike any other. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, today’s program was all virtual. Nonetheless, the speakers a
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With 2020 becoming “the year of quarantine”, it’s easy to forget that Nevada and the rest of the American West have so much to offer outdoors. Yet des
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For decades, Nevada’s unofficial official motto has been “growth begets growth”. We were told that whatever suits the “growth industrial complex” is w
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“What a difference a year makes.” That’s how U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman greeted attendees at the Colorado River Water Users
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