@landdesk.bsky.social
journalist, editor, trail runner, cyclist, runs the Land Desk newsletter covering lands and communities of the Western U.S.-Four Corners Region.
@abecenti.bsky.socialReposted by @landdesk.bsky.socialFrom me: 'Tribe fights saguaro removal in borderlands on Indigenous Peoples’ Day'
@landdesk.bsky.socialA Lake Powell water year in review plus some thoughts from the oil and gas fields following two pipeline explosions in New Mexico (and its relationship to permitting reform) substack.com/@landdesk/no...
@landdesk.bsky.socialI went down the wormhole trying to find out who is behind the newest batch of Bears Ears NM mining claims. Hobbyists? I don't think so. Still waiting for a response for the mining firm I suspect ...
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@sammyroth.bsky.socialReposted by @landdesk.bsky.socialGood rundown of Western alfalfa acreage and export numbers by state (Colorado River Basin only): www.landdesk.org/p/data-dump-... via @landdesk.bsky.social
@landdesk.bsky.socialCome for the news about Bears Ears NM mining claims; stick around for the tale of the 26k-ton radioactive waste pile entombed in Lake Powell’s silt. And consider a paid sub if you like it!
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@jeans-sands.bsky.socialReposted by @landdesk.bsky.socialIf you sign up for @landdesk.bsky.social emails, you can read it your email, not on substack.
more #BearsEars mining claims filed
some history on the Lake Powell mining waste (more details than I knew)
@sammyroth.bsky.socialReposted by @landdesk.bsky.social"History will decide whether he will prove the worst Interior secretary of all time. But it’s already clear that he is by far the most disappointing one." Short, sweet, perfect Doug Burgum takedown by @landdesk.bsky.social: www.hcn.org/articles/how...
@grandcanyontrust.bsky.socialReposted by @landdesk.bsky.socialAs of yesterday, 23 new mining claims had been filed on lands illegally cut from Bears Ears National Monument.
@landdesk.bsky.socialCheck out the Land Desk’s new feature, the NEWSWIRE: human-curated and contextualized summaries of the week’s news on Western lands and communities.
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@landdesk.bsky.socialThis Endangered Species Act memo is very very bad. open.substack.com/pub/landdesk...
@aljazeera.comReposted by @landdesk.bsky.socialThree dead after flooding inundates Navajo Nation in New Mexico https://aje.news/koeg7q
@landdesk.bsky.socialMy take on Trump EPA's latest attack on Western waterways via a redefinition of Waters of the United States:
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@landdesk.bsky.socialRepost with your home river. Mine is the Animas River in southwestern Colorado, originating in the Silverton Caldera in the San Juan Mountains and joining the San Juan River in Farmington, New Mexico.
@jjorgensonmcr.bsky.socialReposted by @landdesk.bsky.social1/4 Friday Faves
We gave Jonathan Thompson a send off on Monday. He's not gone. He's still writing gems like this one here at @highcountrynews.org & of course at @landdesk.bsky.social Great overview of the current state of affairs on the Western Grid
@sammyroth.bsky.socialReposted by @landdesk.bsky.socialThank you @landdesk.bsky.social for explaining the many ways that Matt Yglesias doesn't know jack shit about Western water. www.landdesk.org/p/on-simple-...
