High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 6. BLM land sold without study http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15367 The Lincoln County Lands Bill, modeled after the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, is already selling off land, although an environmental assessment ordered by a judge was never carried out No publisher Ryan Slattery Lincoln County Lands Bill Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act land sales property values Western Land Exchange Project Chris Krupp environmental assessments growth development land auctions 2010-02-05T09:23:58Z News Article Nevada desert to be sold for debt relief http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15366 The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act is making money from auctioning off the Las Vegas valley desert – and the Bush administration would like to get its hands on that money No publisher Ryan Slattery Politics Budget BLM Las Vegas Nevada Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Lincoln County land sales growth development property values George W. Bush federal deficit Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan speckled dace pupfish southweste 2010-02-05T09:23:57Z News Article A water-and-wilderness bill kicks up dust in Nevada http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14989 Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry No publisher Ryan Slattery Wilderness Wilderness Legislation Groundwater Nevada wilderness water groundwater pumping Lincoln County growth and development sprawl economic initiatives Vidler Water Co. Harry Reid John Ensign Jim Gibbons Jon Porter Shelley Berkley Kenny Guinn Las Vegas water supply project pipe 2010-02-05T09:21:05Z News Article Remembering those forgotten in the desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14972 In his book, The Devil’s Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea tells the tragic story of a group of poor immigrants who tried to get to a better life, and died in the Arizona desert No publisher Ryan Slattery Socio-Economics Illegal immigrants Sonoran Desert coyotes people smuggling migrant workers border crossing Border Patrol 2010-02-05T09:21:00Z News Article Court says Yucca Mountain design unsafe http://www.hcn.org/issues/280/14931 Yucca Mountain’s 10,000-year safety standard is ruled arbitrary by a federal court, but the Energy Department remains determined to open the site as planned No publisher Ryan Slattery Waste Yucca Mountain Kevin Crowley nuclear waste radioactive waste spent fue rods nuclear power plants National Academy of Sciences Steve Frishman Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects Energy Department DOE Nuclear Energy Institute Steve Kraft Bob Lou 2010-02-05T09:20:45Z News Article Sin City keeps its fringes wild http://www.hcn.org/issues/258/14241 Las Vegans rally to fight a prominent developer’s plans for building on Blue Diamond Hill, a former gypsum mine that now serves as a buffer between the city and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area No publisher Ryan Slattery Land use and planning Las Vegas Blue Diamond Hill open space urban sprawl Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Jim Rhodes Friends of Red Rock Canyon 2010-02-05T10:13:41Z News Article