Front Page Story:  Voice of the Great Basin Listening Tour

In early September GBRW completed the first leg of our Voices of the Great Basin Listening Tour. We wanted to connect with rural people in the Great Basin to better understand their perspective about industrial development and resource extraction projects such as minng. Terry Dempsey, a photojournalism student at the University of Nevada, Reno, accompanied me on the weeklong journey to photograph the lands we visited in Nevada and Utah and the people living there.

Front Page Story: Initiative May Change Tax on Mining Industry

Our front page story discusses the process taken to attempt to get the mining industry to pay its fair share of taxes in Nevada.  Since publication, the attempt to get this initiative on the November ballot has failed; one-third of the needed 90,000 signatures needed were not collected by the June 15th deadline.  Although the initiative will not be on the November ballot, and although the initiative faced unprcedented obstacles, public awarness of this issue has undoubedly increased!  GBRW, along with PLAN, thanks all of the volunteers for both their hard work in gathering petition signatures and for spreading the message that it is time for the mining industry to pay its fair share in taxes!  Thank you!

Front Page Story - Mount Tenabo - Where No Mine Should Be

Mt Tenabo is a familiar land mark along major Newe trails, one coming up Grass Valley from the south, and another coming from the west through Carico Lake valley and Reese River Valley. The striking shape of the mountain is visible from many different valleys and mountain ranges, including the Ruby Mountains, Diamond Mountains, and to the north from the hills and mountains around Tosawee quarries.

Front page story: GBMW pressures mines to reduce Mercury

Great Basin Mine Watch?s campaign to reduce the mercury air emissions from Nevada?s precious metal mines has had significant success in the past year. GBRW and our collaborators have increased the pressure on both the mines and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to reduce emissions and enforce existing regulations.

Our regularly published newsletter. In the most recent Bristlecone, learn about GBMW's work with Idaho and Utah groups to regulate gold industry mercury pollution.