Wyatt Myskow
Mountain West Correspondent at Inside Climate News
covering public land debacles, water shenanigans and other climate-related tomfoolery @insideclimate | previously @chronicle, @azcentral and @statepress| he/him
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2 weeks ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Wyatt Myskow
DYER, Nev.—A century ago, Fish Lake Valley looked much more like its name than it does today. Ephemeral streams flowed from the mountain ranges surrounding this valley on the California and Nevada border, filling a lake that provided habitat for fish, including an endemic tui chub for which it was the only home. But the invention of the hydraulic pump quickly changed that. Farms took over the region, diverting the water from the lake to grow alfalfa for cattle.
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3 weeks ago |
hcn.org | Wyatt Myskow |Gretchen King
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is republished here here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For years, Nevada’s congressional delegation and leading Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, which would allow tens of thousands of acres of public lands currently managed by the federal government to be sold at auction to cities and developers looking for space to expand.
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3 weeks ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Wyatt Myskow
For years, Nevada’s congressional delegation and leading Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, which would allow tens of thousands of acres of public lands currently managed by the federal government to be sold at auction to cities and developers looking for space to expand.
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4 weeks ago |
myheraldreview.com | Yana Kunichoff |AZ Luminaria |Wyatt Myskow
This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for the ICN newsletter here. “If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined,” Denogean said of the centrality of mining to modern life.
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4 weeks ago |
azluminaria.org | Yana Kunichoff |Wyatt Myskow
This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for the ICN newsletter here. Mammoth — When Hector Denogean Sr. got his first paycheck from his new job at the Christmas copper mine in 1979, he felt like the richest 18-year-old this side of the Galiuro Mountains. His first purchase was a set of vinyl records; six months later, he bought a jeep with a cassette player.
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