Tuesday, Apr 24 2012 1:54PM
The Confederate Tribes of the Goshute Reservation (CTGR) and Ely Shoshone Tribe and Duckwater Shoshone Tribe recently filed an appeal to challenge a ruling that would grant nearly 84,000-acre-feet of groundwater in rural parts of Nevada to Las Vegas.
The Confederate Tribes of the Goshute Reservation (CTGR) and Ely Shoshone Tribe and Duckwater Shoshone Tribe recently filed an appeal to challenge a ruling that would grant nearly 84,000-acre-feet of groundwater in rural parts of Nevada to Las Vegas.
The decision by Nevada state engineer Jason King to allocate groundwater in Delamar, Dry Lake, Cave and Spring Valleys to the Las Vegas Valley Water District is expected to cost roughly $7 billion to complete.
The project originally called for the transfer of 125,000-acre-feet of groundwater. However, even the reduced final amount has the tribes concerned about the effect funneling water away will have on native wildlife, vegetation and areas that will be under construction.
"We pleaded before the Nevada State Engineer, we shed tears, we wanted our voices to be heard, but neither our survival as a people, nor our voices were considered in the final ruling," Madeline Greymountain, vice-chairwoman of the Goshute Tribal Council told the Nevada News Bureau. "Spring Valley is as important to our people today, as it was to our past, and will be to our future generations. So we will protect it in every way we can."
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