Bret Birdsong In The News

Profile: Bret Birdsong
'Phenomenal boon': How Nevada's signature public lands law ushered in growth, conservation
The Nevada Independent
Authors surprised themselves at how earmarking federal land sale money for Nevada would pay such dividends for parks, trails and conservation.
Nevada navigates Colorado River water allocations
K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5
What does the latest Colorado River proposal mean for California, Arizona, Nevada? The Silver State actually receives a drop in the bucket compared to Arizona and California
Three states offer to use less water from the Colorado River
Associated Press
Arizona, Nevada, and California have offered to cut back on using water from the dwindling Colorado River in exchange for $1.2 billion in federal aid.
How a new BLM rule could make conservation a higher priority in the West
The Nevada Independent
The U.S. Department of the Interior proposed a new rule last week that would give conservation priorities equal weight in public land use decision-making — a change experts say constitutes one of the most significant land management policy moves in decades.
Did The State Take Direction From A Company's Own Pollution Report?
K.N.P.R. News
In 2018, the EPA handed oversight of the Anaconda mine cleanup project in Yerington to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.
Indy Environment: Cities need to secure long-term water supplies. A Northern Nevada water treatment program might offer one solution.
The Nevada Independent
In April 2015, as the state entered the fourth consecutive year of widespread drought, then-Gov. Brian Sandoval empaneled the Nevada Drought Forum to gather recommendations about how to better manage water. The panel spent that year putting together a long list of policies.
Biden Transition Signals New Influence Of College Faculty
Forbes
Even as the transition from a Trump to a Biden administration limps along, hamstrung by the recalcitrance of the outgoing administration, Joe Biden has been busy putting together dozens of transition groups and agency review teams that will be responsible for understanding the operations of major federal agencies and preparing the President-elect, Vice President-elect Harris and their cabinet to take the executive reins of the federal government on January 20, 2021.
Biden sets agency transition teams
Politico
Biden's transition team is preparing for the transfer of power even as President Donald Trump refuses to concede. The Biden-Harris transition on Tuesday unveiled its agency review teams, which will lay the groundwork within agencies for the new administration. The list provides a look at what a Biden administration might look like, since many of the same names could end up with jobs in the agencies and will influence who the administration ultimately hires.