The Bureau of Land Management will host a free public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral located in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, May 31, 2024. Attendees will have the opportunity to view wild horses gathered from overpopulated herds in Nevada and Oregon. The privately owned and operated corral is located Fallon, Nev. which is approximately a … [Read more...]
BLM opens public scoping for the Reno to Las Vegas Fiber Optic Project
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District Office, has prepared a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA), Vero Fiber Networks Reno to Las Vegas Fiber Optic Project # DOI-BLM-NV-C000-2023-0003-EA (Vero Fiber Optic Project PEA). The proposed project would include the construction and operation of an approximately 450-mile-long underground fiber optic line, … [Read more...]
Bill Language Should not allow Water Grab
A growing number of public and private entities are joining a concerted effort to make sure a bill pending before Congress does not inadvertently create a means for Clark County to tap rural groundwater, though Clark County officials protest that is not the intent of the proposal. According to Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) — a coalition of conservationists, rural … [Read more...]
Cliven Bundy Hailed as a ‘Hero’ at Independent American Party State Convention in Sparks
By Rachel Spacek, The Nevada Independent Cliven Bundy, the Southern Nevada cattle rancher known for his years-long dispute with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was welcomed as a “modern American hero” in Sparks on Friday by the Independent American Party of Nevada. Bundy was the keynote speaker of the party’s state convention, and in his speech discussed his 2014 … [Read more...]