Western real estate slump hits suburbs, but developers
keep on developing; Marijuana McMansions; copper booming; Logan,
Utah, rejects dirty power; Tri-State puts off two coal power
plants; animals killed by Wildlife Services
Nevada

Some find a permanent home; others languish in a visa holding pattern.

Water availability is going from bad to worse in the seven states that rely on the drought-stricken river.

A virtual telementoring program helps the West respond to the pandemic.
Las Vegas historian, author and community activist Hal
Rothman may be dying from Lou Gehrig’s disease, but
he’s determined to go on his own terms – with courage,
grace and a sense of humor.
Wildfire financial data
Western wildland acres burned
Factory Butte closed to ORVs
Oregon’s Chiloquin dam to come down
BLM ordered to pay whistleblower Earle Dixon
Forest Service may close campgrounds
Game elk escape in Idaho
Although many rural Nevadans are unhappy with Las
Vegas’ plans for a giant groundwater project, the six other
states that rely on water from the Colorado River are hoping the
Nevada project goes ahead.
Whatever the cause, the weather in the West this last year
has been wild and wacky
Elko County, Nev., has made an agreement with the Forest
Service to end the long-running fight over a dirt road in Jarbidge
Canyon on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
White Pine County, Nev., seeks federal help to fight Las
Vegas groundwater grab; fired workers suddenly regain jobs at
National Renewable Energy Laboratory; marijuana is
Washington’s No. 8 agricultural product
The seven states of the Colorado River Basin have come to
a groundbreaking agreement that, among other things, will allow
cities such as Las Vegas to lease water from out-of-state farms
during times of drought
Whistleblower Earle Dixon’s complaint denied;
Colorado moose has chronic wasting disease; Colorado wind power
gets cheaper than traditional electricity; court nixes
BuRec’s 10-year Klamath River plan
With only a tiny share of the Colorado River available to
it, Las Vegas decides to get the water it needs from elsewhere in
the state – underneath the rural high-desert Basin and Range
country
Recently released e-mails show that federal employees
falsified information about the safety of the proposed nuclear
waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev.
Silver Fox of the Rockies by Daniel
Tyler tells the story of Delphus E. Carpenter, who sought peaceful
resolutions to Western water problems, and helped create the 1922
Colorado River Compact
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
Greater sage grouse will not be listed under Endangered
Species Act; cleanup of Nevada’s Yerington Mine is turned
over to the EPA; wilderness supporters plan to reintroduce bills in
new Congress
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