Defenders of Walker Lake announced this week that they intend to bring a water rights case with broad implications back to federal court after being dealt a blow in the Nevada Supreme Court a week earlier.
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On Friday, Governor Brian Sandoval signed 32 bills into law including speeding up the employee background check process, consumer protection on rental trucks, and additional criteria for water right holders for time extensions.
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The California water board has proposed the first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for water-taking during the drought.
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California regulators have accepted a historic offer by farmers to make a 25% voluntary water cut to avoid deeper mandatory losses during the drought.
This year, some agricultural communities are facing a second consecutive growing season with no irrigation water at all. In response, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is offering evening drought workshops in four communities this April and May.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has signed an agreement to end longstanding water disputes between the federal government and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation on the Nevada-Idaho border.
The Nevada Cattlemen's Association has released a statement regarding the recent cattle roundup debacle between rancher Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management.