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<br />HIgh Country News -- Printable -- February 21, 1994: Las Vegas wheels and deals for Co... Page 6 of6 <br /> <br />!! '-! <br /> <br />Opponents of southern Nevada's plan to import water from rural Nevada remain skeptical of <br />Las Vegas's intentions. "We're all for more water from the Colorado River," says Don e la <br />Cruz, an organizer with the Nevada environmental group Citizen Alert. Keeping water in <br />the Virgin River is the best way to protect it, he agrees. <br /> <br />But as for Mulroy's offer to drop the rural groundwater applications, so far, he says, "t at's <br />just talk." <br /> <br />The talk, however, has won over many other opponents. Mulroy convinced towns alo g the <br />Virgin River in Nevada to drop their protests of the Las Vegas applications by cutting hem <br />in on the water and offering them a seat on the Southern Nevada Water Authority. She got <br />the Interior Department to drop protests by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of <br />Land Management and National Park Service by promising that the agency would co ply <br />with all required federal studies and permits. <br /> <br />And the remaining opponents of the Las Vegas groundwater importation plan - the rur I <br />counties and environmentalists - support what the district wants: more water from the <br />Colorado River so that the city doesn't drain 20,000 square miles of rural land in <br />southeastern Nevada. n <br /> <br />Jon Christensen is Great Basin regional reporter for High Country News, based in Ren , <br />Nevada. <br /> <br />To receive the Bureau of Reclamation's proposed changes in rules governing the lowe <br />Colorado River due out in March, contact Robert Towles, Regional Director, Bureau 0 <br />Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NY 89006-1470 (702/293-8411). <br /> <br />@ copyright 2002- 2006 High Country News <br />High Country News* Box 1090 * Paonla, CO 81428 *1-800-905-1155 <br /> <br />To receive two free copies of High Country News, call 1-800-905-1155 <br /> <br />Article Code: 118 Location: Y.'i.i!.l!l.r I.R<!l!1S AnQJNat~LS!!QQ!yJ:r:gjeJ;;Jl!. <br />Programmed and hosted by Earthbound. Version 2.7 <br /> <br />http://www.hcn.orglservlets/hcn.PrintableArticle?article _id= 118 <br /> <br />9/1212006 <br />