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Toiyabe Chapter
Nevada and Eastern California
PO Box 8096
Reno, NV 89507

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Lake Tahoe's famed waters need your help once again - comment on the US Forest Service Plan today (See below: Deadline 8/30/2012).


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Chapter Newsletter Online: Current Issue - Toiyabe Trails (Oct. - Nov. - Dec. 2012)

 
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News and Actions

Press Release: New Fuel Efficiency Standards Will Reduce Pollution, Spur Innovation and Reduce Dependence on Foreign Oil Nevada conservation groups are welcoming new fuel economy rules that will almost double the efficiency of cars and trucks over the next 13 years. The move is expected to reduce pollution and dependence of imported foreign oil and spur innovation by vehicle manufacturers.  [More...]
Thousands respond to BLM
  • Thousands of people have let the BLM know that they do not support granting a pipeline right-of-way to the Southern Nevada Water Authority.  Thanks to all who have written and taken action.
  • Sierra Club & GBWN slams water grab ruling by State Engineer:   'News that Nevada State Engineer Jason King granted the Southern Nevada Water Authority rights to pump up to 83,988 acre-feet of the groundwater from four eastern Nevada valleys drew a swift and stern response from pipeline opponents, who called the ruling “excessive and ill-considered.” '  More ...

  • Will the Nevada State Engineer, Jason King, decide to grant water applications filed by the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) for its groundwater mining project in eastern Nevada?  The Engineer could approve all, some, or none of SNWA's applications.  His decision is due sometime in March, 2012.       (More ... )
  • Water grab running into science and legal hurdles
  • Snake Valley rancher Dean Baker's famous Snake Valley Water Tour.  More ...
  • Will the study results come too late to save the Great Basin National Park? More...
  • Lower Owens River: Chapter efforts succeed as Owens River once again flows
  • Water Export Threatens Springs and Wetlands in Eastern and Southern Nevada
Great Basin Group of Sierra Club endorses candidates for Nevada Legislature and County Commission and City Councils Press Release: " The following legislative and local candidates were endorsed today by the Great Basin Group of the Sierra Club for their continuing interest and support in environmental matters, announced Political Chair Jean Stoess."  [Click for Press Release]
TRPA Planning appears to weaken thresholds to protect Tahoe's water clarity and environment

  • TRPA is developing thresholds which may weaken protections for Tahoe's water quality and environment by ignoring the impact of near shore development.

  • "The" Lake is threatened by the unilateral action of Nevada to puspacer ll-out of the TRPA.  Tahoe is one unique place on earth and can only suffer if we go back to the 1960's free-for-all speculation pushed by Tahoe's city governments, 5 different county governments, and 2 state governments.  We need a strong TRPA to set the limits to protect the Lake's water clarity and environment.  The public has invested hundreds of millions in protection; let's not destroy Tahoe's clarity through a return to short-term thinking.  More ...

  • The Club has won a victory to make the TRPA protect and restore the lake's famed clarity.  More ...
  • TRPA sinks lakeshore environment with piers & buoys; threatens lake’s clarity, lawsuit filed. More...
  • Over 17 lakes and reservoirs in California and Nevada are already infested with Quagga and Zebra mussels.  The damage is in the billions of dollars.  Clogged water intake pipes.  Boat engines ruined.  Beaches made unusable by razor sharp shells and a horrible stench. Irreversible damage to native species and habitat.  Don’t let Tahoe be next. (Find out how)

Sierra Club releases Nevada Assembly/ Senate endorsements for 2012 Election
The Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club, part of the largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States, has endorsed 8 Nevada State Senate candidates and 25 Nevada State Assembly candidates.  See the list at "The Nevada View: News for Nevadans" here.
Sierra Club seeks to shut down the Reid-Gardner
Coal Plant
Las Vegas Channel 8: I-Team: Paiute Tribe Partners With Environmentalists to Close Power Plant   "... Sometimes, the fumes or gases that roll over the Moapa Reservation are invisible, detectable only by their gag-inducing odor...."  Click to see news story by George Knapp.
Wild Horses:
  • Short-term Solutions Long-term Problems
  • Photo Essay on wildlife and Wild Horse issues is here
  • Can the rangelands of the west be saved?  What can you do? 
  • Photo Essay on wildlife and Wild Horse issues is here
Ruby Pipeline
  • [Our lawsuit over the Ruby Pipeline are still before the court.]  -- The proposed Ruby Pipeline could avoid major damage to wildlife habitat, open space and cultural sites if it were rerouted, claimed Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter and Great Basin Resource Watch in a legal challenge filed late Friday. ... [More]
  • Ruby Natural Gas Pipeline Project would cut through nearly pristine desert land
Watch the Global Temps since 1880's
Global temperature animation of actual temperatures from 1880's to today - watch.
Walker Lake
What will it take to save Walker Lake:  The latest research offers some answers
Will Federal Study Save Great Basin Nat'l Park?
Will the study results come too late to save the Great Basin National Park is the question confronting Sierra Club leaders and local residents and Park-supporters?  More...
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