June 28, 2014

The race to stop Las Vegas from running dry

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Amid a brutal drought the reservoir that supplies 90 per cent of Las Vegas’s water is fast disappearing and desperate attempts to save Sin C...
June 27, 2014

Group Will Sue to Block 'Evisceration' of Endangered Species Act

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A new policy would make it nearly impossible to add new species to the Endangered list until it might be too late for them. (Photo: Jane W...

Imperial Irrigation District pitches Salton Sea plan

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A plan to increase renewable energy production in and around the Salton Sea — and have utilities help finance the ailing lake’s ultimate r...
June 25, 2014

Baker's thermometer to reopen July 10

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World's Largest Thermometer The world's tallest thermometer in Baker. The thermometer will be rededicated on July 10, after several ...
June 22, 2014

The grand compromise: The search for a public lands resolution

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A possible solution to the bickering over land use in a big chunk of Utah is being negotiated with all varieties of groups at the table unde...
June 20, 2014

Water war bubbling up between California and Arizona

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Low water levels are plainly visible on Lake Mead, which is fed by the Colorado River. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times) Mic...
June 12, 2014

Freedom Fighter

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When rancher Cliven Bundy engaged in a standoff with the BLM, a Montana man initiated a call to action to militia across the country. He con...
June 4, 2014

Delist desert tortoise

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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL EDITORIAL B eing a desert tortoise truther these days can’t be an easy job. For more than two decades, the she...
May 30, 2014

How the Mojave ranchers were wiped out for the sake of desert tortoise

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The Mojave desert tortoise was declared an endangered species in 1989, and cattle were deemed a danger to them Most ranchers left, unable t...
May 20, 2014

Monument Preserve in New Mexico Could be Next Land Rights Battleground

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Organ Mountain Desert Peaks National Monument landscape, near Las Cruces, N.M. By Elliot Jager NewsMax P resident Barack Obama's dec...
May 17, 2014

Find array of wildflowers in Palm Canyon Wash

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Look out for Prickly Poppy. (James Cornett) James Cornett The Desert Sun S pring is not over; at least not yet. There are places wher...
May 16, 2014

Mojave Desert not ideal for massive solar project

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Soda Mountain is a proposed solar project seen from the air on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Several big solar and wind energy projects are m...