The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 5, march 11th 5:30 PM-7:30 PM The Indian Peaks Band of Paiute (IPB) is currently engaged in a battle to defend their traditional homelands and senior water rights from officials in Cedar City, UT, a fast growing community along I-15 that wants to build more data centers, warehouses, subdivisions, and shopping malls where water is in limited supply. IPB Chairwoman Tamra Borchardt-Slayton has been leading the effort to push back against the 70-mile pipeline and water grab proposal. She will share a film on the project and talk about…
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The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 4, February 11th 5:30 PM-7:30 PM Ashley Hemmers, Tribal Administrator at Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, will be speaking, with Neal Desai from National Parks Conservation Association supporting in a Q&A following the presentation, about the history of the fight against Cadiz’s proposed water project, as they have been leaders in this campaign for decades. They’ll also share about what the Stop Cadiz coalition has been up to, and how to join them as accomplices in the fight. On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin…
The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 3, January 14th 5:30 PM-7:30 PM “Revealing Payahuunadü: Building Community Understanding of the Impacts of Water Extraction” with Friends of the Inyo’s Water Empowerment Organizers Charlene Buff and Emily Ontiveros. On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin Water Network, and Friends of the Inyo, we would like to invite you to join the 4th Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit– with a twist. In order to best include the depth and breadth of the conversations we want to have, connecting voices and stories across…
The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 2, December 10th 5:30 PM-7:30 PM “What Happens on the Colorado River Doesn’t Stay There: How its Scarcity Affects Great Basin Communities” with Great Basin Water Network. On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin Water Network, and Friends of the Inyo, we would like to invite you to join the 4th Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit– with a twist. In order to best include the depth and breadth of the conversations we want to have, connecting voices and stories across the great basin,…
The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Premiering November 19th 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin Water Network, and Friends of the Inyo, we would like to invite you to join the 4th Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit– with a twist. In order to best include the depth and breadth of the conversations we want to have, connecting voices and stories across the great basin, we are evolving the Summit into a monthly virtual series for the 2025-2026 year. The summit aims to foster an open dialogue…
Join Friends of the Inyo, Earthworks, and Community Environmental Advocates, for a virtual Mining Threats in the Sierra Nevada webinar, hosted by the Sierra Nevada Alliance. California and specifically the Sierra Nevada region is both an old and new extractive frontier, with hotspots of environmental injustice. Abandoned gold rush era mines have left a toxic legacy that continues to impact communities and ecosystems. Recently, high gold prices have sparked renewed interest in exploration for open pit mines, threatening biologically diverse and sacred landscapes from the Sierras to the desert. Meanwhile, rising demand for electric vehicles is driving a “white gold…