Comments on: Oak Creek Watershed Council Awarded Grant Extension https://sedonaeye.com/oak-creek-watershed-council-awarded-grant-extension/ Local News From All Points of View Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:34:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Paul Miller, Phoenix AZ https://sedonaeye.com/oak-creek-watershed-council-awarded-grant-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-7860 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:34:37 +0000 https://sedonaeye.com/?p=14526#comment-7860 If you live in any rural area this is worth your time to watch as it unfolds as it is harbinger of future water issues in many western states …. The Draft EIS for the SNWA‘s pipeline project, aka ‘Las Vegas Water Grab’, ‘Patty’s Pipe’, and a few other things I can’t mention here, is out and the BLM has announced that it will extend the public comment period until 11 October 2011.

Access the document and information here. http://www.blm.gov/5w5c

Here is an overview: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/planning/groundwater_projects/snwa_groundwater_project.html

And here is the whole enchilada: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/planning/groundwater_projects/snwa_groundwater_project/draft_eis.html

Steve Erickson, Utah Coordinator of the Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) had a recent Op-Ed about the project in the Salt Lake Tribune.

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